1 Kings 18:4:141 Kgs.18.4.W14TAB
בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה
bameara
“in the cave”
- Transliteration
- ba-me-a-RA
- Extended
- bah-meh-ah-RAA
- IPA
- /bam.məʕaˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the cave
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-me-a-RA
- clause
va-yik-KAKH o-vad-ya-HU me-A ne-vi-IM va-yakh-bi-EM kha-mi-SHIM ISH ba-me-a-RA ve-khil-ke-LAM LE-khem va-MA-yim
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-hakh-RIT i-ZE-vel ET ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH va-yik-KAKH o-vad-ya-HU me-A ne-vi-IM va-yakh-bi-EM kha-mi-SHIM ISH ba-me-a-RA ve-khil-ke-LAM LE-khem va-MA-yim
Exegesis
The distributive numeral chamishim ish {חֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ | ḥa-mish-shîm ʾîš} ‘fifty men’ paired with bamearah {בַּמְּעָרָה | ba-me-ʿā-rāh} ‘in the cave’ highlights the sheltering of a group.
In context — 1 Kings 18:4
And it came about when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of the LORD that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, hid fifty in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 18:4, so the Hebrew word בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה (bameara) 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.18.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.4.W14.S1) and character.