2 Kings 15:1:52 Kgs.15.1.W5TAB
לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם
leyaravam
“of Jeroboam”
- Transliteration
- le-ya-rav-AM
- Extended
- leh-yaa-raav-EHM
- IPA
- /ləjaːraːvˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of Jeroboam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-ya-rav-AM
- clause
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-ya-rav-AM ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
bish-NAT e-se-RIM va-SHE-va sha-NA le-ya-rav-AM ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ma-LAKH a-zar-YA ben-a-mats-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The prepositional link leyarovam {לְיָרָבְעָם | lə-yārāḇʿām} attaches the date to the reign of Jeroboam, further identified by the apposition melek yisrael {מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל | méleḵ yiśrāʾēl}.
Root and etymology
ʿ-mayin–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Kings 15:1
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 15:1, so the Hebrew word לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם (leyaravam) 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 Kgs.15.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.1.W5.S1) and character.