1 Kings 18:40:61 Kgs.18.40.W6TAB
הַבַּ֗עַל
habaal
“the Baal”
- Transliteration
- ha-BA-al
- Extended
- hah-BAA-ahl
- IPA
- /habˈba.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Baal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ha-BA-al
- phraseyour reading level
tif-SU et-ne-vi-E ha-BA-al
- 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 imperative tifseu {תִּפְשׂ֣וּ | tîp̄-sə-ʼū} ‘seize’ issues a forceful command, followed by the compound et-nevi’ei ha-baal {אֶת־נְבִיאֵ֣י הַבַּ֗עַל | ʾet-nə-vî-ʼê ha-bā-ʻal} ‘the prophets of Baal.’
Root and etymology
RootBet-Ayin-Lamed
“lord, master”
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 18:40:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 18:40, so the Hebrew word הַבַּ֗עַל (habaal) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.40.W6.S1) and character.