1 Kings 19:7:101 Kgs.19.7.W10TAB
רַ֥ב
rav
“great”
- Transliteration
- RAV
- Extended
- RAHV
- IPA
- /ˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- great
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
RAV
- phraseyour reading level
RAV mim-me-KHA
- clause
KI RAV mim-me-KHA ha-DA-rekh
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH she-NIT va-yig-GA-VO va-yo-MER KUM e-KHOL KI RAV mim-me-KHA ha-DA-rekh
Exegesis
The adjective rav {רַ֥ב | râḇ} ‘great/exceeding’ governs the genitive mimmekha {מִמְּךָ֖ | mim-mĕ-ḵā} ‘from you’ and the noun hadarekh {הַדָּֽרֶךְ׃ | had-dā-reḵ} ‘journey,’ resulting in an evaluative statement that the path imposes too heavy a burden. The English renderings preserve Hebrew verbal sequencing and causal relation while adapting idiomatic phrasing.
Root and etymology
resh–bet–bet
“much/exceeding”
In context — 1 Kings 19:7
The angel of the LORD returned a second time and touched him, then said, “Arise and eat, for the journey overtaxes you.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 19:7, so the Hebrew word רַ֥ב (rav) 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.19.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.7.W10.S1) and character.