1 Kings 21:6:21 Kgs.21.6.W2TAB
אֵלֶ֗יהָ
eleha
“to her”
- Transliteration
- e-LE-ha
- Extended
- eh-LEH-hah
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlɛ.haː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to her
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-LE-ha
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-da-BER e-LE-ha
- clause
va-ye-da-BER e-LE-ha ki-a-da-BER el-na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-o-MAR LO te-NA-LI et-kar-me-KHA be-KHE-sef O im-kha-FETS a-TA et-te-NA-le-KHA KHE-rem takh-TAV
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER e-LE-ha ki-a-da-BER el-na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI va-o-MAR LO te-NA-LI et-kar-me-KHA be-KHE-sef O im-kha-FETS a-TA et-te-NA-le-KHA KHE-rem takh-TAV va-yo-MER lo-et-TEN le-KHA et-kar-MI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative verb vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר | wayyəḏabber} ‘and he spoke’, framing a direct address to Jezebel via eleiha {אֵלֶ֗יהָ | ʾêlê-hā} ‘to her’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-yaleph–lamed–yod
“My God is YHWH”
In context — 1 Kings 21:6
And he spoke to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money, or if you prefer, I will give you a vineyard in its place’; but he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard .’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 21:6, so the Hebrew word אֵלֶ֗יהָ (eleha) 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.21.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.6.W2.S1) and character.