1 Kings 21:8:21 Kgs.21.8.W2TAB
סְפָרִים֙
sefarim
“letters”
- Transliteration
- se-fa-RIM
- Extended
- seh-fah-REEM
- IPA
- /səfaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
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Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
se-fa-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-tik-TOV se-fa-RIM
- clause
va-tik-TOV se-fa-RIM be-SHEM a-kha-AV va-takh-TOM be-kho-ta-MO
- 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 noun sefarim {סְפָרִים | sə-pā-rîm} ‘letters’ is repeated to emphasize the document’s dual reference.
Root and etymology
s-p-r
“to write, record”
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 21:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 21:8, so the Hebrew word סְפָרִים֙ (sefarim) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.8.W2.S1) and character.