1 Kings 18:46:101 Kgs.18.46.W10TAB
יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃
yizreela
“Jezreel-ward or to Jezreel”
- Transliteration
- yiz-re-e-LA
- Extended
- yihz-reh-eh-LAA
- IPA
- /jiz.rə.ʕɛˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jezreel-ward or 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
- clause
va-ya-RATS lif-NE akh-AV ad-bo-a-KHA yiz-re-e-LA
- sentence
ve-YAD-ye-ho-VAH ha-ye-TA el-e-li-YA-hu va-ye-sha-NES mot-na-V va-ya-RATS lif-NE akh-AV ad-bo-a-KHA yiz-re-e-LA
Exegesis
The endpoint is expressed with ad-boakhah {עַד־בֹּאֲכָה | ʿad-bō-ʾă-ḵāh} ‘until the entrance of,’ and the directional ending in Yizreelah {יִזְרְעֶאלָה | yiz-rə-ʿē-lāh} ‘toward Jezreel’ specifies movement to the city’s approach rather than merely in its vicinity.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed | A-L
“toward, to”
In context — 1 Kings 18:46
And the hand of the LORD was upon Elijah, and he girded up his waist , and he ran before Ahab as far as the entrance of Jezreel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:46:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 18:46, 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.18.46.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.46.W10.S1) and character.