1 Kings 21:2:171 Kgs.21.2.W17TAB
כֶּ֖רֶם
kerem
“a vineyard”
- Transliteration
- KE-rem
- Extended
- KEH-rehm
- IPA
- /ˈkɛrɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a vineyard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KE-rem
- clause
va-ye-da-BER akh-AV el-na-VOT le-MOR te-NA-li et-kar-me-KHA vi-hi-LI le-gan-ya-RAK KI HU ka-ROV E-tsel be-TI ve-et-te-NA le-KHA takh-TAV KE-rem TOV mim-me-NU
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER akh-AV el-na-VOT le-MOR te-NA-li et-kar-me-KHA vi-hi-LI le-gan-ya-RAK KI HU ka-ROV E-tsel be-TI ve-et-te-NA le-KHA takh-TAV KE-rem TOV mim-me-NU IM TOV be-e-NE-kha et-te-NA-le-KHA KE-sef me-KHIR ZE
Root and etymology
k-r-mkaf–resh–mem
“cultivated land; vineyard”
In context — 1 Kings 21:2
Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard , so it can serve as a garden , because it is adjacent to my house. I will offer you a better vineyard in exchange, or, if it seems right in your eyes, I will pay you its value in silver.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 21:2, so the Hebrew word כֶּ֖רֶם (kerem) 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.21.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.2.W17.S1) and character.