1 Chronicles 18:5:31 Chr.18.5.W3TAB
דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק
darmesek
“Damascus”
- Transliteration
- dar-me-SEK
- Extended
- dahr-meh-SEHK
- IPA
- /dar.mɛˈsɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- Damascus
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
dar-me-SEK
- phraseyour reading level
a-RAM dar-me-SEK
- clause
va-ya-BO a-RAM dar-me-SEK la-e-ZOR la-ha-dad-E-zer ME-lekh tso-VA
- 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 construct phrase ʾAram Dārmēśeḳ {אֲרַם דַּרְמֶשֶׂק | ʾAram Dārmēśeḳ} ‘Aram of Damascus’ specifies the particular Aramean group.
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 18:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 18:5, so the Hebrew word דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק (darmesek) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.5.W3.S1) and character.