1 Chronicles 18:5:101 Chr.18.5.W10TAB
בַּאֲרָ֔ם
baaram
“among Aram or Syria”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-RAM
- Extended
- bah-ah-RAM
- IPA
- /baʔăˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- among Aram or Syria
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-a-RAM
- clause
va-YAKH da-VID ba-a-RAM e-se-rim-u-she-NA-yim E-lef ISH
- sentence
va-ya-BO a-RAM dar-me-SEK la-e-ZOR la-ha-dad-E-zer ME-lekh tso-VA va-YAKH da-VID ba-a-RAM e-se-rim-u-she-NA-yim E-lef ISH
Exegesis
The narrative resumes with vayyāk {וַיַּךְ | vayyāk} ‘and struck’ followed by the locative bā-ʾArām {בַּאֲרָם | bā-ʾArām} ‘in Aram’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-mʾ-r-m
“highland”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:5
And the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah , and David struck down twenty-two thousand men in Aram.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Chronicles 18:5, so the Hebrew word בַּאֲרָ֔ם (baaram) 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.18.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.5.W10.S1) and character.