1 Kings 20:9:51 Kgs.20.9.W5TAB
לַֽאדֹנִ֤י
ladoni
“to my lord”
- Transliteration
- la-do-NI
- Extended
- lah-doh-NEE
- IPA
- /laʔdoˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to my lord
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
la-do-NI
- phraseyour reading level
la-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-YO-mer le-mal-a-KHE ben-ha-DAD im-RU la-do-NI ha-ME-lekh KOL a-sher-sha-LAKH-ta el-av-DE-kha va-ri-sho-NA e-e-SE ve-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-mal-a-KHE ben-ha-DAD im-RU la-do-NI ha-ME-lekh KOL a-sher-sha-LAKH-ta el-av-DE-kha va-ri-sho-NA e-e-SE ve-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT va-ye-le-KHU ha-mal-a-KHIM va-ye-shi-VU-hu da-VAR
Exegesis
The phrase la-adoni hamelech {לַֽאדֹנִי הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | la-ʾă-dō-nî ha-me-lekh} ‘to my lord the king’ follows diplomatic convention.
In context — 1 Kings 20:9
And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad , “Say to my lord the king, ‘All that you sent to your servant at first I will do, but this thing I am not able to do.’” And the messengers went and brought him back word.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 20:9, so the Hebrew word לַֽאדֹנִ֤י (ladoni) 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.20.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.9.W5.S1) and character.