1 Kings 13:10:21 Kgs.13.10.W2TAB
בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ
bederekh
“by a way”
- Transliteration
- be-DE-rekh
- Extended
- beh-DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /bəˈdɛrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- by a way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-DE-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
be-DE-rekh a-KHER
- clause
va-YEH-lekh be-DE-rekh a-KHER
- sentence
va-YEH-lekh be-DE-rekh a-KHER veh-LOH-SHAV ba-DE-rekh a-SHER BA VAH eL-BEIT-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase b’derekh akher {בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אַחֵ֑ר | bə-de-reḵ a-ḥer} ‘in another way’ contrasts with the prior path.
The negative construction ve-lo-šāḇ {וְלֹֽא־שָׁ֣ב | ve-lo-šāḇ} ‘and he did not return’ emphasizes the refusal to reverse direction, followed by the specifying relative clause ba-dereḵ ašer ba-h {בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֛ר בָּ֥א בָ֖הּ | ba-de-reḵ a-šer ba ba-h} ‘by the way which he came in it.’
Root and etymology
d-r-kdalet–resh–kaf
“path”
In context — 1 Kings 13:10
And he went on another way , and he did not return by the way which he had come to Bethel .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 13:10, so the Hebrew word בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ (bederekh) 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 Kgs.13.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.10.W2.S1) and character.