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

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Result
בַּ֥ + עַל
ba + al
baal

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    BA-al

  2. phraseyour reading level

    BA-al pe-ra-TSIM

  3. clause

    al-KEN ka-re-U shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU BA-al pe-ra-TSIM

  4. 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 context1 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.