1 Kings 18:36:21 Kgs.18.36.W2TAB
בַּעֲל֣וֹת
baalot
“at the offering up of”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-LOT
- Extended
- bah-ah-LOHT
- IPA
- /baʕăˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the offering up of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ba-a-LOT
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ba-a-LOT ha-min-KHA
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-a-LOT ha-min-KHA va-yig-GASH e-li-YA-hu ha-na-VI va-yo-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE av-ra-HAM yits-KHAK ve-yis-ra-EL ha-YOM yi-va-DA ki-a-TA e-lo-HIM be-yis-ra-EL va-a-NI av-DE-kha
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-a-LOT ha-min-KHA va-yig-GASH e-li-YA-hu ha-na-VI va-yo-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE av-ra-HAM yits-KHAK ve-yis-ra-EL ha-YOM yi-va-DA ki-a-TA e-lo-HIM be-yis-ra-EL va-a-NI av-DE-kha u-ve-dva-re-KHA u-vid-va-re-KHA a-SI-ti ET kal-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ba‘alot hamminchah {בַּעֲלוֹת הַמִּנְחָה | ba‘ă·lôt ham·min·ḥā} functions as a temporal setting for the evening offering ritual.
Root and etymology
RootBet-Ayin-Lamed
“lord, master”
In context — 1 Kings 18:36
When the offering time arrived, Elijah the prophet drew near and declared, “LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel , let it be recognized today that You alone are God in Israel and that I am Your servant , and by Your word I have carried out all these things.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:36:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 18:36, so the Hebrew word בַּעֲל֣וֹת (baalot) 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.18.36.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.36.W2.S1) and character.