1 Kings 18:40:21 Kgs.18.40.W2TAB
אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ
eliyahu
“Elijah”
- Transliteration
- e-li-YA-hu
- Extended
- eh-lee-YAA-hoo
- IPA
- /ʔeː.lijˈjaː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Elijah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-li-YA-hu
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu la-HEM
- clause
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu la-HEM tif-SU et-ne-vi-E ha-BA-al ISH al-yim-ma-LET me-HEM va-yit-pe-SUM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu la-HEM tif-SU et-ne-vi-E ha-BA-al ISH al-yim-ma-LET me-HEM va-yit-pe-SUM va-yo-ri-DEM e-li-YA-hu el-NA-khal ki-SHON va-yish-kha-TEM SHAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive narrative marker vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר֩ | vay-yo-ʾmer} ‘and he said,’ introducing direct speech by Eliyahu {אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ | ʾē-lî-yā-hû}.
Root and etymology
El-Yāhʾel-yāh
“My God is YHWH”
In context — 1 Kings 18:40
And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not a man escape from them.” They seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Brook and slaughtered them there.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:40:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 18:40, so the Hebrew word אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ (eliyahu) 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.18.40.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.40.W2.S1) and character.