1 Chronicles 18:6:31 Chr.18.6.W3TAB

בַּאֲרַ֣ם

baaram

in Aram or Syria

Transliteration
ba-a-RAM
Extended
bah-ah-RAM
IPA
/ba.ʔaˈrɑm/

Meaning by language

English
in Aram or Syria

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Result
בַּ + אֲ + רַ֣ם
ba + a + ram
baaram

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-a-RAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-a-RAM dar-me-SEK

  3. clause

    va-ya-SEM da-VID ba-a-RAM dar-me-SEK va-ye-HI a-RAM le-da-VID a-va-DIM no-se-E min-kha

  4. sentence

    va-ya-SEM da-VID ba-a-RAM dar-me-SEK va-ye-HI a-RAM le-da-VID a-va-DIM no-se-E min-kha va-yo-SHA Ye-ho-VAH le-da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER ha-LAKH

Exegesis

The initial wayyā́šem {וַיָּשֶׂם | wayyā́šem} ‘and he placed’ with the construct ba-ʾArām Darmḗśeq {בַּאֲרַ֣ם דַּרְמֶשֶׂק | ba-ʾArām Darmḗśeq} locates David’s garrison deployment.

Root and etymology

ʾ-r-mʾ-r-m

highland

In context1 Chronicles 18:6

And David placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bearing tribute; and the LORD secured success for David in every venture .

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 18:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 18:6, so the Hebrew word בַּאֲרַ֣ם (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.18.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.6.W3.S1) and character.