1 Kings 14:10:101 Kgs.14.10.W10TAB
בְּקִ֔יר
bekir
“against a wall”
- Transliteration
- be-KIR
- Extended
- beh-KEER
- IPA
- /bəˈqiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- against a wall
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KIR
- phraseyour reading level
mash-te-IN be-KIR
- clause
la-KHEN hin-ne-NI me-VI ra-A el-BET ya-rav-AM ve-hikh-RAT-TI le-ya-rav-AM mash-te-IN be-KIR a-TSUR ve-a-ZUV be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
la-KHEN hin-ne-NI me-VI ra-A el-BET ya-rav-AM ve-hikh-RAT-TI le-ya-rav-AM mash-te-IN be-KIR a-TSUR ve-a-ZUV be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-AR-TI a-kha-RE vet-ya-rav-AM ka-a-SHER ye-va-ER ha-ga-LAL ad-tu-MO
Exegesis
The idiom mashtin be-kir {מַשְׁתִּין בְּקִיר | maš-tîn bə-qîr} “one who urinates against a wall” is a euphemism for adult males, followed by the passive participles atzur and azuv {עָצוּר וְעָז֖וּב | ʿā-ṣûr wə-ʿā-zûv} denoting the restrained and the left free.
In context — 1 Kings 14:10
Therefore, behold, I will bring disaster upon the house of Jeroboam, and I will cut off from Jeroboam every one who urinates against a wall —both the restrained and the left free—in Israel, and I will burn away what remains of the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is finished.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 14:10, so the Hebrew word בְּקִ֔יר (bekir) 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.14.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.10.W10.S1) and character.