1 Chronicles 15:25:101 Chr.15.25.W10TAB
בְּרִית־יְהוָ֛ה
berityehovah
“covenant of the LORD”
- Transliteration
- be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- beh-REETH-yeh-hoh-VAH
- IPA
- /bərɪt.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- covenant of the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
et-a-RON be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ha-hol-KHIM le-ha-a-LOT et-a-RON be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH min-BEIT o-VED-e-DOM be-sim-KHA
- sentence
va-ye-HI da-VID ve-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-sa-REI ha-a-la-FIM ha-hol-KHIM le-ha-a-LOT et-a-RON be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH min-BEIT o-VED-e-DOM be-sim-KHA
Exegesis
The object marker ’ēt {אֶת | ’ēt} ‘direct-object-marker’ signals the genitive compound ’ărōn bərît YHWH {אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָה | ’ă-rōn bə-rît yə-hō-wāh} ‘ark of the covenant of the LORD’.
Root and etymology
“to cut, covenant”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:25
And David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands, who were going to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-Edom, did so with joy.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:25:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Chronicles 15:25, so the Hebrew word בְּרִית־יְהוָ֛ה (berityehovah) 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.15.25.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.25.W10.S1) and character.