1 Kings 19:18:81 Kgs.19.18.W8TAB
לַבַּ֔עַל
labaal
“to Baal”
- Transliteration
- la-BA-al
- Extended
- lah-BAH-ahl
- IPA
- /labˈba.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Baal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
la-BA-al
- clause
kal-ha-bir-KA-yim a-SHER lo-kha-re-U la-BA-al ve-khal-ha-PE a-SHER lo-na-SHAK LO
- sentence
ve-hish-AR-ti be-yis-ra-EL shiv-AT a-la-FIM kal-ha-bir-KA-yim a-SHER lo-kha-re-U la-BA-al ve-khal-ha-PE a-SHER lo-na-SHAK LO
Exegesis
The preposition labbaal {לַבַּ֔עַל | la-baʿal} ‘to Baal’ marks the object of unbowed worship.
In context — 1 Kings 19:18
But I will leave seven thousand in Israel—every knee that has not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 19:18, so the Hebrew word לַבַּ֔עַל (labaal) 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.19.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.18.W8.S1) and character.