2 Chronicles 13:1:52 Chr.13.1.W5TAB
יָרָבְעָ֑ם
yaraveam
“Jeroboam”
- Transliteration
- ya-ra-ve-AM
- Extended
- yaa-rah-veh-AHM
- IPA
- /jaː.ra.vəˈʕaːm/
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ya-ra-ve-AM
- phraseyour reading level
lam-me-LEKH ya-ra-ve-AM
- clause
bash-she-NAT she-mo-NE e-se-RE lam-me-LEKH ya-ra-ve-AM
- sentence
bash-she-NAT she-mo-NE e-se-RE lam-me-LEKH ya-ra-ve-AM va-yim-LOKH a-vi-YA al-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The prepositional construct lemalchut {לְמַלְכוּת | lə-mal-ḵūṯ} “of the reign of” links the numeral to the proper name yarav’am {יָרָבְעָם | yā-rā-və-ʿām} “Jeroboam.”
Root and etymology
r-b-ʿresh–bet–ayin
“to increase the people”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:1
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 13:1, so the Hebrew word יָרָבְעָ֑ם (yaraveam) 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 2 Chr.13.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.1.W5.S1) and character.