1 Kings 18:46:31 Kgs.18.46.W3TAB
אֶל־אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ
eleliyahu
“upon Elijah”
- Transliteration
- el-e-li-YA-hu
- Extended
- ehl-ee-lee-YAA-hoo
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔeː.liːˈjaː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon Elijah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-e-li-YA-hu
- clause
ve-YAD-ye-ho-VAH ha-ye-TA el-e-li-YA-hu va-ye-sha-NES mot-na-V
- 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 prepositional phrase el-Eliyahu {אֶל־אֵלִיָּהוּ | ʾel-ʾĕ-lī-yā-hû} ‘to Elijah’ marks the recipient of that enabling.
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 18:46:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:46, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ (eleliyahu) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.46.W3.S1) and character.