1 Kings 19:20:51 Kgs.19.20.W5TAB
אֽ͏ֵלִיָּ֔הוּ
eliyahu
“Elijah”
- Transliteration
- e-li-YA-hu
- Extended
- ee-lih-YAA-hoo
- IPA
- /ʔeː.lijˈjaː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Elijah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
e-li-YA-hu
- phraseyour reading level
a-kha-RE e-li-YA-hu
- clause
va-ya-ZOV ET-ha-ba-KAR va-YA-rats a-kha-RE e-li-YA-hu va-YO-mer e-SHE-ka-NA le-a-VI u-le-i-MI ve-el-kha a-kha-RE-kha
- sentence
va-ya-ZOV ET-ha-ba-KAR va-YA-rats a-kha-RE e-li-YA-hu va-YO-mer e-SHE-ka-NA le-a-VI u-le-i-MI ve-el-kha a-kha-RE-kha va-YO-mer LO LEKH SHUV KI ME-a-SI-ti LAKH
In context — 1 Kings 19:20
And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah. Then he said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will go after you.” And he said to him, “Go back, for what have I done to you?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 19:20, so the Hebrew word אֽ͏ֵלִיָּ֔הוּ (eliyahu) 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.19.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.20.W5.S1) and character.