1 Kings 21:16:121 Kgs.21.16.W12TAB
הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֖י
hayizreeli
“the Jezreelite”
- Transliteration
- ha-yiz-re-e-LI
- Extended
- hah-yihz-reh-eh-LEE
- IPA
- /haj.jizrɛʕeːˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Jezreelite
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-yiz-re-e-LI
- phraseyour reading level
na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI
- clause
va-ya-KAM akh-AV la-RE-det el-KE-rem na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI le-RISH-to
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a akh-AV KI MET na-VOT va-ya-KAM akh-AV la-RE-det el-KE-rem na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI le-RISH-to
Exegesis
The phrase ʾel-kerem Nābōṯ hayyizreʿēlî {אֶל־כֶּרֶם נָב֥וֹת הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֖י | ʾel-kerem Nābōṯ hayyizreʿēlî} precisely locates the property.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–resh–ayin
“to sow”
In context — 1 Kings 21:16
And it happened when Ahab heard that Naboth had died, that Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 21:16, so the Hebrew word הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֖י (hayizreeli) 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.21.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.16.W12.S1) and character.