1 Chronicles 16:19:11 Chr.16.19.W1TAB
בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶם֙
bihheyotkhem
“when you were”
- Transliteration
- bih-he-YOT-khem
- Extended
- bih-heh-YOHT-khehm
- IPA
- /bih.həˈjoːt.xɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- when you were
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
bih-he-YOT-khem
- sentence
bih-he-YOT-khem meh-TEI mis-PA-r kim-A-t ve-ga-RIM BAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the infinitive construct bihyotkhem {בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶם | bə-hih-yō-ṯə-ḵem} functioning adverbially as a temporal clause “when you were.”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:19
When you were few in number , few indeed, and sojourners in it.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 16:19, so the Hebrew word בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶם֙ (bihheyotkhem) 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.16.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.19.W1.S1) and character.