1 Kings 20:32:161 Kgs.20.32.W16TAB
הַעוֹדֶ֥נּוּ
haodennu
“is he still”
- Transliteration
- ha-o-DEN-nu
- Extended
- hah-oh-DEHN-noo
- IPA
- /haʔoːˈdɛn.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- is he still
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ha-o-DEN-nu
- phraseyour reading level
ha-o-DEN-nu KHAI
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-o-DEN-nu KHAI a-KHI HU
- sentence
va-yakh-ge-RU sak-KIM be-mat-ne-HEM va-kha-va-LIM be-ra-she-HEM va-ya-VO-u el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-mer-RU av-de-KHA ven-ha-DAD a-MAR te-khi-NA naf-SHI va-YO-mer ha-o-DEN-nu KHAI a-KHI HU
Exegesis
The king’s question ha-odenu chai achi hu {הַעוֹדֶנּוּ חַי אָחִי הֽוּא | ha-ʿō-ḏe-nû ḥay ʾā-ḥî hūʾ} uses parallelism to highlight unexpected kinship and restoration.
In context — 1 Kings 20:32
And they girded sackcloth on their loins and ropes on their heads, and they came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:32:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 20:32, so the Hebrew word הַעוֹדֶ֥נּוּ (haodennu) 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.20.32.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.32.W16.S1) and character.