1 Chronicles 18:6:41 Chr.18.6.W4TAB

דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק

darmesek

Dammesek or Damascus

Transliteration
dar-me-SEK
Extended
dahr-meh-SEK
IPA
/dar.mɛˈsɛq/

Meaning by language

English
Dammesek or Damascus

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
דַּרְ + מֶ֔ + שֶׂק
dar + me + sek
darmesek

Alphabet Analysis

Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Qofq — deep k, uvular

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Word in context

  1. word

    dar-me-SEK

  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.

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 18:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 18:6, 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.18.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.6.W4.S1) and character.