1 Kings 19:5:41 Kgs.19.5.W4TAB
רֹ֣תֶם
rotem
“a broom plant”
- Transliteration
- RO-tem
- Extended
- ROH-tehm
- IPA
- /ˈroː.tɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a broom plant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RO-tem
- phraseyour reading level
RO-tem e-KHAD
- clause
va-yish-KAV va-yi-SHAN TA-khat RO-tem e-KHAD
- sentence
va-yish-KAV va-yi-SHAN TA-khat RO-tem e-KHAD ve-hin-NE-ze mal-AKH no-GE-a BO va-YO-mer LO KUM e-KHOL
Exegesis
The locative phrase tachat rotem echad {תַּ֖חַת רֹ֣תֶם אֶחָ֑ד | taḥat rōtem ʾeḥād} ‘under one broom tree’ specifies place.
Root and etymology
r-t-mresh–tav–mem
“broom tree”
In context — 1 Kings 19:5
He lay down beneath a broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly a messenger touched him and said, “Arise and eat.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 19:5, so the Hebrew word רֹ֣תֶם (rotem) 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.19.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.5.W4.S1) and character.