1 Kings 19:11:161 Kgs.19.11.W16TAB
סְלָעִים֙
selaim
“rocks”
- Transliteration
- se-la-IM
- Extended
- seh-laa-EEM
- IPA
- /səlaːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- rocks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
se-la-IM
- phraseyour reading level
me-fa-REK ha-RIM u-me-shab-BER se-la-IM
- clause
va-YO-mer TSE ve-a-mad-TA va-HAR lif-NE ye-ho-VAH ve-hin-NE ye-ho-VAH o-VER ve-RU-akh ge-do-LA ve-kha-ZAK me-fa-REK ha-RIM u-me-shab-BER se-la-IM lif-NE ye-ho-VAH LO va-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer TSE ve-a-mad-TA va-HAR lif-NE ye-ho-VAH ve-hin-NE ye-ho-VAH o-VER ve-RU-akh ge-do-LA ve-kha-ZAK me-fa-REK ha-RIM u-me-shab-BER se-la-IM lif-NE ye-ho-VAH LO va-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH ve-a-KHAR ha-RU-akh ra-ASH LO va-ra-ASH ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A sequence of Piel participles—mpareq {מְפָרֵק | mĕ-pā-rēq} tearing harim {הָרִים | hā-rîm} and umeshabber {וּמְשַׁבֵּר | ū-mĕ-shab-bēr} shattering selaim {סְלָעִים | sĕ-lā-ʿîm}—portrays veruach {וְרוּחַ | wə-rūaḥ} gedolah {גְּדוֹלָה | gə-dō-lāh} veḥazak {וְחָזָק | wə-ḥā-zāq}.
In context — 1 Kings 19:11
He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD .” And behold, the LORD was passing by: a great and strong wind was tearing the mountains apart and shattering the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind came an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:11:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 19:11, so the Hebrew word סְלָעִים֙ (selaim) 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.19.11.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.11.W16.S1) and character.