1 Kings 13:17:121 Kgs.13.17.W12TAB
בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ
badderekh
“in the way”
- Transliteration
- bad-DE-rekh
- Extended
- bahd-DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /badˈdɛrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
bad-DE-rekh
- clause
lo-ta-SHUV la-LE-khet bad-DE-rekh a-sher-ha-LAKH-ta BAH
- sentence
ki-da-VAR e-LAI bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH lo-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-lo-tish-TE SHAM MA-yim lo-ta-SHUV la-LE-khet bad-DE-rekh a-sher-ha-LAKH-ta BAH
Root and etymology
d-r-kd-r-k
“way, road, path”
In context — 1 Kings 13:17
For a word has come to me by the word of the LORD , saying, “You shall not eat bread , and you shall not drink water there, nor shall you return to go by the way that you went.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 13:17, so the Hebrew word בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ (badderekh) 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.13.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.17.W12.S1) and character.