1 Kings 18:45:61 Kgs.18.45.W6TAB
עָבִ֣ים
avim
“clouds”
- Transliteration
- a-VIM
- Extended
- aa-VEEM
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- clouds
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-VIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-VIM ve-RU-akh
- clause
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
- 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
The coordinated nouns avim {עָבִים | ʿā-vîm} ‘clouds’ and ruach {רוּחַ | rū-āḥ} ‘wind’ specify the atmospheric agents.
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 18:45:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 18:45, so the Hebrew word עָבִ֣ים (avim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.45.W6.S1) and character.