1 Kings 18:29:31 Kgs.18.29.W3TAB
הַֽצָּהֳרַ֔יִם
hatsoharayim
“the midday”
- Transliteration
- ha-tso-ha-ra-YIM
- Extended
- hah-tsoh-oh-rah-YEEM
- IPA
- /hat͡sohɔ̆raˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the midday
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-tso-ha-ra-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-VOR ha-tso-ha-ra-YIM
- clause
va-ye-HI ka-a-VOR ha-tso-ha-ra-YIM va-yit-ne-be-U AD la-a-LOT ha-min-KHA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-VOR ha-tso-ha-ra-YIM va-yit-ne-be-U AD la-a-LOT ha-min-KHA ve-EN-KOL ve-EN-o-NE ve-EN KA-shev
Exegesis
The clause ka‘avor hatzohorayim {כַעֲבֹר הַצָּהֳרַיִם | ka·ʿă·bôr ha·ṣāh·ôră·yim} uses an infinitive construct to indicate timing.
Root and etymology
ṣ-h-rṣade–he–resh
“to shine, be bright”
In context — 1 Kings 18:29
And it happened as midday passed, and they prophesied until the time of the grain offering , but there was no voice, no one answered, and no one paid attention.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:29, so the Hebrew word הַֽצָּהֳרַ֔יִם (hatsoharayim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.18.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.29.W3.S1) and character.