1 Kings 18:32:71 Kgs.18.32.W7TAB
תְּעָלָ֗ה
teala
“a trench”
- Transliteration
- te-a-LA
- Extended
- teh-ah-LAA
- IPA
- /təʕaːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a trench
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-a-LA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS te-a-LA
- clause
va-ya-AS te-a-LA ke-VEIT sa-ta-YIM ZE-ra sa-VIV lam-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yiv-NE et-ha-a-va-NIM miz-BE-akh be-SHEM ye-ho-VAH va-ya-AS te-a-LA ke-VEIT sa-ta-YIM ZE-ra sa-VIV lam-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The subsequent vayaas {וַיַּעַשׂ | wayyaʿăs} ‘and he made’ introduces tealah {תְּעָלָה | təʿălāh} ‘trench’.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–lamed–heh
“channel, trench”
In context — 1 Kings 18:32
And he built the stones into an altar in the name of the LORD and made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 18:32, so the Hebrew word תְּעָלָ֗ה (teala) 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.18.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.32.W7.S1) and character.