1 Kings 19:1:31 Kgs.19.1.W3TAB
לְאִיזֶ֔בֶל
leizevel
“to Jezebel”
- Transliteration
- le-i-ZE-vel
- Extended
- leh-ee-ZEH-vehl
- IPA
- /ləʔiːˈzɛvɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Jezebel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-i-ZE-vel
- clause
va-yag-GED akh-AV le-i-ZE-vel ET KAL-a-SHER a-SA e-li-YA-hu
- sentence
va-yag-GED akh-AV le-i-ZE-vel ET KAL-a-SHER a-SA e-li-YA-hu ve-ET KAL-a-SHER ha-RAG et-KAL-ha-ne-vi-IM be-KHA-rev
Exegesis
This verb-initial clause is followed by the subject achav {אַחְאָב֙ | ’aḥ-’āḇ} and the indirect object le-izevel {לְאִיזֶ֔בֶל | lə-’i-ze-vel}, reflecting the typical Hebrew VSO order.
In context — 1 Kings 19:1
So Ahab recounted to Jezebel everything that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 19:1, so the Hebrew word לְאִיזֶ֔בֶל (leizevel) 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.19.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.1.W3.S1) and character.