1 Kings 21:13:91 Kgs.21.13.W9TAB
הַבְּלִיַּ֜עַל
habeliyaal
“the worthlessness”
- Transliteration
- ha-be-li-YA-al
- Extended
- hah-beh-lih-YAH-ahl
- IPA
- /hab.liːˈjaː.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- the worthlessness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-be-li-YA-al
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-di-DU-hu an-she ha-be-li-YA-al
- clause
va-ya-VO-u she-NEI ha-a-na-SHIM be-NEI-ve-li-YA-al va-yesh-VU NEG-do va-ye-di-DU-hu an-she ha-be-li-YA-al et-na-VOT NE-ged ha-AM le-MOR BE-rakh na-VOT e-lo-HIM va-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u she-NEI ha-a-na-SHIM be-NEI-ve-li-YA-al va-yesh-VU NEG-do va-ye-di-DU-hu an-she ha-be-li-YA-al et-na-VOT NE-ged ha-AM le-MOR BE-rakh na-VOT e-lo-HIM va-ME-lekh va-yo-tsi-U-hu mi-KHUTS la-IR va-yis-ke-LU-hu va-a-va-NIM va-ya-MOT
Exegesis
The opening verb wayyabou {וַיָּבֹאוּ | wayyāḇōʾû} ‘and they came’ pairs with wayyeshvu {וַיֵּשְׁבוּ | wayyēšbû} ‘and they sat’, marking the arrival and positioning of the witnesses bnei-beliyaal {בְּנֵי־בְלִיַּעַל | bənê-bəlîyaʿal} ‘sons of worthlessness’ and anshei-beliyaal {אַנְשֵׁי־הַבְּלִיַּעַל | ʾănšê-həbəlīyaʿal} ‘men of worthlessness’.
Root and etymology
b-l-ybet–lamed–yod
“worthlessness”
In context — 1 Kings 21:13
And the two men, sons of worthlessness, came and sat opposite him; and the sons of worthlessness testified against Naboth before the people, saying, “Naboth has blessed God and the king.” Then they brought him outside the city and stoned him with stones, and he died.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 21:13, so the Hebrew word הַבְּלִיַּ֜עַל (habeliyaal) 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.21.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.13.W9.S1) and character.