1 Chronicles 14:11:181 Chr.14.11.W18TAB
בַּ֥עַל
baal
“Baal”
- Transliteration
- BA-al
- Extended
- BAH-ahl
- IPA
- /ˈbaʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- Baal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BA-al
- phraseyour reading level
BA-al pe-ra-TSIM
- clause
al-KEN ka-re-U shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU BA-al pe-ra-TSIM
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU be-va-al-pe-ra-TSIM va-ya-KEM SHAM da-VID va-yo-MER da-VID pa-RATS ha-e-lo-HIM et-o-ye-VAI be-ya-DI ke-FE-rets MA-yim al-KEN ka-re-U shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU BA-al pe-ra-TSIM
Exegesis
The result clause ʿal-ken qārû šēm-hammāqōm hahû’ Bāʿal-peraṭṣim {עַל-כֵּן קָרְאוּ שֵׁם-הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא בַּעַל פְּרָצִים | ʿal-ken qārû šēm-hammāqōm hahû’ Bāʿal-peraṭṣim} explains the origin of the commemorative place-name.
Root and etymology
consonantsyod–dalet–ayin
“to know”
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:11
And they went up to Baal-Perazim, and there David struck them down. Then David said, “God has broken through my enemies by my hand like a break of waters .” Therefore, they called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:11:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Chronicles 14:11, so the Hebrew word בַּ֥עַל (baal) 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 Chr.14.11.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.11.W18.S1) and character.