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
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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The word
Word in context
- word
dar-me-SEK
- phraseyour reading level
ba-a-RAM dar-me-SEK
- 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
- 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 context — 1 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.