1 Kings 19:21:91 Kgs.19.21.W9TAB
בִּשְּׁלָ֣ם
bishshelam
“he boiled them or cooked them”
- Transliteration
- bish-she-LAM
- Extended
- bihsh-sheh-LAAM
- IPA
- /biʃ.ʃəˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- he boiled them or cooked them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
bish-she-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
bish-she-LAM ha-ba-SAR
- clause
va-ya-SHAV me-a-kha-RAV va-yik-KAKH et-TSE-med ha-ba-KAR va-yiz-ba-KHE-hu u-vikh-LI ha-ba-KAR bish-she-LAM ha-ba-SAR va-yit-TEN la-AM va-yo-KHE-lu
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV me-a-kha-RAV va-yik-KAKH et-TSE-med ha-ba-KAR va-yiz-ba-KHE-hu u-vikh-LI ha-ba-KAR bish-she-LAM ha-ba-SAR va-yit-TEN la-AM va-yo-KHE-lu va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH a-kha-RE e-li-YA-hu va-ye-sha-re-TE-hu
Exegesis
The Piel forms vayyizbaḥēhû {וַיִּזְבָּחֵ֗הוּ | vayyizbaḥēhû} ‘and he sacrificed it’ and bishlam {בִּשְּׁלָם | biššalām} ‘to cook them’ highlight the ritual character of meal preparation.
In context — 1 Kings 19:21
So he returned from following him, took a team of oxen , and sacrificed them. With the oxen’s equipment he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he rose, followed Elijah , and ministered to him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 19:21, so the Hebrew word בִּשְּׁלָ֣ם (bishshelam) 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.19.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.21.W9.S1) and character.