1 Kings 18:8:81 Kgs.18.8.W8TAB
אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃
eliyahu
“Elijah”
- Transliteration
- e-li-YA-hu
- Extended
- ee-lih-YAA-hoo
- IPA
- /ʔeː.lijˈjaː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Elijah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
e-li-YA-hu
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NE e-li-YA-hu
- clause
LEKH e-MOR la-do-NE-kha hi-NE e-li-YA-hu
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO A-ni LEKH e-MOR la-do-NE-kha hi-NE e-li-YA-hu
Exegesis
The demonstrative hinneh {הִנֵּה | hin-nê} ‘behold’ functions as an attentional signal that prepares the listener for the climactic revelation of Eliyahu {אֵלִיָּהוּ | ʾē-lî-yā-hû} ‘Elijah’. In English, we rendered the discrete imperatives as either “Go, say” (formal) or “Go and tell” (dynamic) and introduced the copula “is” in “Elijah is here” to satisfy English clause structure while retaining the immediacy of the Hebrew direct speech.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed | A-L
“toward, to”
In context — 1 Kings 18:8
And he said to him, “It is I. Go, say to your lord , ‘Behold , Elijah is here.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:8:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 18:8, so the Hebrew word אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃ (eliyahu) 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.18.8.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.8.W8.S1) and character.