1 Kings 13:25:71 Kgs.13.25.W7TAB
בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ
baderekh
“on the road”
- Transliteration
- ba-DE-rekh
- Extended
- bah-DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /badˈdɛrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the road
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
ba-DE-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
mush-le-KHET ba-DE-rekh
- clause
ve-hin-NEH a-na-SHIM o-VREEM va-yir-U et-ha-ne-ve-LAH mush-le-KHET ba-DE-rekh ve-et-ha-ar-YEH o-MED E-tsel ha-ne-ve-LAH
- sentence
ve-hin-NEH a-na-SHIM o-VREEM va-yir-U et-ha-ne-ve-LAH mush-le-KHET ba-DE-rekh ve-et-ha-ar-YEH o-MED E-tsel ha-ne-ve-LAH va-ya-BO-u va-ye-dab-RU ba-IR a-SHER ha-na-VI ha-za-KEN yo-SHEV BAH
Exegesis
The locative baderekh {בַּדֶּרֶךְ | ba-dê-rekh} ‘on the road’ situates the scene.
Root and etymology
consonantsdalet–resh–kaf
“way, path”
In context — 1 Kings 13:25
And behold, men were passing by and saw the carcass thrown on the road, and the lion standing beside it. And they went and reported it in the city where the old prophet lived.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 13:25, so the Hebrew word בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ (baderekh) 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.13.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.25.W7.S1) and character.