1 Kings 18:9:71 Kgs.18.9.W7TAB
בְּיַד־אַחְאָ֖ב
beyadakhav
“into the hand of Ahab”
- Transliteration
- be-yad-a-khAV
- Extended
- beh-yahd-ah-khaav
- IPA
- /bəjad.ʔaħˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the hand of Ahab
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-yad-a-khAV
- clause
ki-a-TA no-TEN et-a-ved-de-KHA be-yad-a-khAV la-ha-mi-TE-ni
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME kha-ta-TI ki-a-TA no-TEN et-a-ved-de-KHA be-yad-a-khAV la-ha-mi-TE-ni
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase beyad {בְּיַד | bə-ˈyad} ‘into the hand of’ with achav {אַחְאָב | ʾaḥ-ˈʾāv} ‘Ahab’ specifies the recipient.
Root and etymology
א־ח־ב
“father’s brother”
In context — 1 Kings 18:9
And he said, “What have I sinned , that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 18:9, so the Hebrew word בְּיַד־אַחְאָ֖ב (beyadakhav) 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.18.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.9.W7.S1) and character.