1 Kings 21:8:111 Kgs.21.8.W11TAB
וְאֶל־הַֽחֹרִים֙
veelhakhorim
“and to the nobles or officials”
- Transliteration
- ve-el-ha-kho-RIM
- Extended
- veh-ehl-hah-khoh-REEM
- IPA
- /vəʔɛl.haħoːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the nobles or officials
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-el-ha-kho-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
el-ha-ze-ke-NIM ve-el-ha-kho-RIM
- clause
va-tish-LAKH ha-se-fa-RIM se-fa-RIM el-ha-ze-ke-NIM ve-el-ha-kho-RIM a-SHER be-i-RO ha-yo-she-VIM et-na-VOT
- sentence
va-tik-TOV se-fa-RIM be-SHEM a-kha-AV va-takh-TOM be-kho-ta-MO va-tish-LAKH ha-se-fa-RIM se-fa-RIM el-ha-ze-ke-NIM ve-el-ha-kho-RIM a-SHER be-i-RO ha-yo-she-VIM et-na-VOT
Exegesis
The parallel prepositional phrases el hazkenim {אֶל־הַזְקֵנִים | el-ha-zke-nim} ‘to the elders’ and ve’el hachorim {וְאֶל־הַחֹרִים | ve-el-ha-kho-rim} ‘and to the nobles’ enumerate the intended recipients.
In context — 1 Kings 21:8
And she wrote letters in the name of Ahab, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, the dwellers with Naboth.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 21:8, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־הַֽחֹרִים֙ (veelhakhorim) 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.21.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.8.W11.S1) and character.