1 Kings 18:45:141 Kgs.18.45.W14TAB
יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃
yizreela
“to Jezreel”
- Transliteration
- yiz-re-e-LA
- Extended
- yihz-reh-eh-LAA
- IPA
- /jiz.rə.ʕɛˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Jezreel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yiz-re-e-LA
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-lekh yiz-re-e-LA
- clause
va-yir-KAV akh-AV va-YE-lekh yiz-re-e-LA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ad-KO ve-ad-KO ve-ha-sha-MA-yim hit-kad-de-RU a-VIM ve-RU-akh va-ye-HI GE-shem ga-DOL va-yir-KAV akh-AV va-YE-lekh yiz-re-e-LA
Exegesis
and he went’ with the directional infinitive yizreelah {יִזְרְעֶאלָה | yi-zrê-ʾē-lā} ‘to Jezreel’ reflect Hebrew verb-subject-verb order that English renders as subject-verb for clarity.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed | A-L
“toward, to”
In context — 1 Kings 18:45
And it happened, meanwhile, that the heavens became dark with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain ; and Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:45:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 18:45, so the Hebrew word יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃ (yizreela) 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.18.45.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.45.W14.S1) and character.