1 Chronicles 3:2:41 Chr.3.2.W4TAB
בַּת־תַּלְמַ֖י
battalmai
“daughter of Talmai”
- Transliteration
- bat-tal-MAI
- Extended
- baht-tal-MAI
- IPA
- /bat.talˈmaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- daughter of Talmai
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bat-tal-MAI
- clause
ha-she-li-SHI le-av-sha-LOM ben-ma-a-KHA bat-tal-MAI ME-lekh ge-SHUR
- sentence
ha-she-li-SHI le-av-sha-LOM ben-ma-a-KHA bat-tal-MAI ME-lekh ge-SHUR ha-re-vi-I a-do-ni-YA ven-kha-GIT
Exegesis
Each name appears in a construct chain: le-Avshalom {לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם | lə-ʾăvšālôm} marks Absalom, followed by ben-Ma‘akhah {בֶּן־מַעֲכָה | bən-măʿăḵâ} or bat-Talmai {בַּת־תַּלְמַי | bat-tălmāy} to establish maternal lineage.
Root and etymology
t-l-mtav–lamed–mem
“plowed ridge”
In context — 1 Chronicles 3:2
The third was Absalom, son of Maakah the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah, son of Haggith.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 3:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 3:2, so the Hebrew word בַּת־תַּלְמַ֖י (battalmai) 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.3.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.3.2.W4.S1) and character.