1 Kings 19:8:51 Kgs.19.8.W5TAB
בְּכֹ֣חַ
bekhoakh
“in the strength of”
- Transliteration
- be-KHO-akh
- Extended
- beh-KHOH-ahkh
- IPA
- /bəˈχoː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the strength of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KHO-akh
- phraseyour reading level
be-KHO-akh ha-a-khi-LA ha-HI
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-KHO-akh ha-a-khi-LA ha-HI ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la AD HAR ha-e-lo-HIM kho-REV
- sentence
va-YA-kam va-YO-khal va-yish-TE va-YE-lekh be-KHO-akh ha-a-khi-LA ha-HI ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la AD HAR ha-e-lo-HIM kho-REV
Exegesis
The construct chain be-koach ha-ʾăḥīlāh ha-hīʾ {בְּכֹחַ הָאֲכִילָ֣ה הַהִ֗יא | bə-kō-aḥ hā-ʾă-ḵī-lāh ha-hīʾ} links koach {כֹּחַ | kō-aḥ} ‘strength’ with ʾăḥīlāh {אֲכִילָה | ʾă-ḥî-lāh} ‘food’, indicating the source of endurance.
Root and etymology
כ־ו־ח
“strength”
In context — 1 Kings 19:8
He rose, ate, and drank; then, strengthened by that food, he journeyed forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 19:8, so the Hebrew word בְּכֹ֣חַ (bekhoakh) 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.19.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.8.W5.S1) and character.