1 Kings 21:20:51 Kgs.21.20.W5TAB
אֹיְבִ֑י
oyevi
“my enemy”
- Transliteration
- o-ye-VI
- Extended
- oh-yeh-VEE
- IPA
- /ʔoː.jəˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my enemy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
o-ye-VI
- clause
va-YO-mer akh-AV el-e-li-YA-hu ham-tsa-TA-ni o-ye-VI
- sentence
va-YO-mer akh-AV el-e-li-YA-hu ham-tsa-TA-ni o-ye-VI va-YO-mer ma-TSA-ti YA-an hit-mak-KHER-kha la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The interrogative perfect hametsatani {הַֽמְצָאתַנִי | ham-mê-ṣā-ʾaṯ-nî} 'have you found me' serves as an address with the bound noun oyevi {אֹיְבִ֑י | ʾō-yē-vî} 'my enemy'.
In context — 1 Kings 21:20
And Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” And he replied, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 21:20, so the Hebrew word אֹיְבִ֑י (oyevi) 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.21.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.20.W5.S1) and character.