1 Kings 21:11:51 Kgs.21.11.W5TAB
וְהַחֹרִ֗ים
vehakhorim
“and the nobles”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-kho-RIM
- Extended
- veh-hah-khoh-REEM
- IPA
- /wəhaħoːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the nobles
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-kho-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
haz-ze-ke-NIM ve-ha-kho-RIM
- clause
va-ya-a-SU an-she i-RO haz-ze-ke-NIM ve-ha-kho-RIM a-SHER hay-yo-she-VIM be-i-RO ka-a-SHER shal-KHA a-le-HEM i-za-VEL
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU an-she i-RO haz-ze-ke-NIM ve-ha-kho-RIM a-SHER hay-yo-she-VIM be-i-RO ka-a-SHER shal-KHA a-le-HEM i-za-VEL ka-a-SHER ka-TUV bas-se-fa-RIM a-SHER shal-KHA a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The coordinated titles hazqenim vehorim {הַזְּקֵנִים וְהַחֹרִים | haz-qê-nîm ve-ha-ḥô-rîm} specify civic leaders.
In context — 1 Kings 21:11
And the men of his city—the elders and the nobles—who dwelt in his city did as Jezebel had commanded them, just as it was written in the letters she had dispatched.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 21:11, so the Hebrew word וְהַחֹרִ֗ים (vehakhorim) 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.21.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.11.W5.S1) and character.