1 Kings 18:7:21 Kgs.18.7.W2TAB
עֹבַדְיָ֙הוּ֙
ovadyahu
“Obadiah”
- Transliteration
- o-vad-ya-HU
- Extended
- oh-vahd-yah-HOO
- IPA
- /ʕo.vað.jaːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Obadiah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
o-vad-ya-HU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI o-vad-ya-HU
- clause
va-ye-HI o-vad-ya-HU ba-DE-rekh ve-hi-NE e-li-YA-hu lik-ra-TO
- sentence
va-ye-HI o-vad-ya-HU ba-DE-rekh ve-hi-NE e-li-YA-hu lik-ra-TO va-yak-ki-RE-hu va-yip-POL al-pa-NAIV va-yo-MER ha-a-TA ZE a-do-NI e-li-YA-hu
Exegesis
The clause Ovadyahu baderekh {עֹבַדְיָ֙הוּ֙ בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ | ’O-va-dya-hu ba-dè-rekh} ‘Obadiah on the way’ establishes setting through a construct chain.
Root and etymology
ע־ב־ד
“to serve”
In context — 1 Kings 18:7
And it happened as Obadiah was on the way that behold Elijah came to meet him; and he recognized him and fell on his face , and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 18:7, so the Hebrew word עֹבַדְיָ֙הוּ֙ (ovadyahu) 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.18.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.7.W2.S1) and character.