1 Kings 21:22:41 Kgs.21.22.W4TAB
יָרָבְעָ֣ם
yaravam
“Jeroboam”
- Transliteration
- ya-rav-AM
- Extended
- yaa-rahv-AM
- IPA
- /jɑːrɑvˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jeroboam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-rav-AM
- phraseyour reading level
ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT
- clause
ve-na-TAT-ti et-BET-kha ke-VET ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT u-khe-VET ba-SHA ven-a-KHI-ya
- sentence
ve-na-TAT-ti et-BET-kha ke-VET ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT u-khe-VET ba-SHA ven-a-KHI-ya el-ha-KA-as a-SHER hi-KHAs-ta va-ta-kha-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The parallel similes kebeit yarov‘am {כְּבֵית יָרָבְעָם | kə-ḇêṯ yā-rā-ḇa-ʾăm} and ukebeit ba‘sha {וּכְבֵית בַּעְשָׁא | ū-kə-ḇêṯ ba-ʿǎ-šāʾ} use construct-state chains to compare dynasties.
Root and etymology
עםʿ–m–m
“people, nation”
In context — 1 Kings 21:22
And I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, because of the anger that you provoked and because you caused Israel to sin.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 21:22, so the Hebrew word יָרָבְעָ֣ם (yaravam) 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.21.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.22.W4.S1) and character.