1 Kings 18:43:141 Kgs.18.43.W14TAB
פְּעָמִֽים׃
peamim
“times”
- Transliteration
- pe-a-MIM
- Extended
- peh-ah-MEEM
- IPA
- /pə.ʕaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pe-a-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-va pe-a-MIM
- clause
va-YO-mer SHUV SHE-va pe-a-MIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-na-a-RO a-le-NA ha-BET DE-rekh-YAM va-YA-al va-ya-BET va-YO-mer EN me-u-MA va-YO-mer SHUV SHE-va pe-a-MIM
Exegesis
The repetition of shuv {שֻׁב | šûḇ} with sheva peamim {שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִֽים | še-ḇā‘ pə-‘ā-mîm} underscores persistence, a Hebrew narrative motif for completeness. English renders VSO Hebrew into SVO order while preserving iterative commands and negation.
Root and etymology
m-y-mmem–yod–mem
“water”
In context — 1 Kings 18:43
And he said to his servant , “Go up now, look toward the way of the sea.” So he went up and looked, and he said, “There is nothing at all.” And he said, “Go back seven times.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:43:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 18:43, so the Hebrew word פְּעָמִֽים׃ (peamim) 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.18.43.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.43.W14.S1) and character.