1 Kings 19:9:21 Kgs.19.9.W2TAB
אֶל־הַמְּעָרָ֖ה
elhameara
“to the cave”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-me-a-RA
- Extended
- ehl-hah-meh-ah-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ham.məʕaˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the cave
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-me-a-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO-SHAM el-ha-me-a-RA
- clause
va-ya-VO-SHAM el-ha-me-a-RA va-ya-LEN SHAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-SHAM el-ha-me-a-RA va-ya-LEN SHAM ve-hin-NE de-var-ye-ho-VAH e-LAV va-yo-MER LO ma-le-KHA PO e-li-YA-hu
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-me’arah {אֶל־הַמְּעָרָה | el-meʾārāh} ‘to the cave’ specifies the setting.
Root and etymology
ע-ר-ה
“cave, hollow”
In context — 1 Kings 19:9
He went there to a cave and spent the night. Then the word of the LORD came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 19:9, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמְּעָרָ֖ה (elhameara) 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.19.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.9.W2.S1) and character.