1 Kings 18:4:51 Kgs.18.4.W5TAB
נְבִיאֵ֣י
nevie
“prophets of”
- Transliteration
- ne-vi-E
- Extended
- neh-vih-EE
- IPA
- /nəviˈʔeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- prophets of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ne-vi-E
- phraseyour reading level
ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-HI be-hakh-RIT i-ZE-vel ET ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH
- 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 direct object marker et {אֵת | ʾêth} introduces the construct chain nevi’ei YHWH {נְבִיאֵי יְהוָה | nə-vi-ʾê yə-hō-wāh} ‘prophets of the LORD’, focusing on the victims.
Root and etymology
Rootn-b-ʾ
“to call, prophesy”
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 18:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 18:4, so the Hebrew word נְבִיאֵ֣י (nevie) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.4.W5.S1) and character.