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

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Result
לַ + בַּ֔ + עַל
la + ba + al
labaal

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-BA-al

  2. 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

  3. 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 context1 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.