1 Kings 19:12:31 Kgs.19.12.W3TAB
אֵ֔שׁ
esh
“a fire”
- Transliteration
- ESH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a fire
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ESH
- clause
ve-a-KHAR ha-RA-ash ESH LO va-ESH ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-a-KHAR ha-RA-ash ESH LO va-ESH ye-ho-VAH ve-a-KHAR ha-ESH KOL de-ma-MA DAK-ka
Exegesis
The noun pair hara’ash esh {הָרַ֙עַשׁ אֵ֔שׁ | hā-ʾă-raš ʾēš} frames dramatic phenomena in asyndeton.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Shin
“fire, flame”
In context — 1 Kings 19:12
After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 19:12, so the Hebrew word אֵ֔שׁ (esh) 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.19.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.12.W3.S1) and character.