1 Kings 15:18:231 Kgs.15.18.W23TAB
בְּדַמֶּ֖שֶׂק
bedamesek
“in Damascus”
- Transliteration
- be-da-ME-sek
- Extended
- beh-dah-MEH-sehk
- IPA
- /bədamˈmɛsɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Damascus
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
be-da-ME-sek
- phraseyour reading level
ha-yo-SHEV be-da-ME-sek
- clause
va-yish-la-KHEM ha-ME-lekh a-SA el-ben-ha-DAD ben-tab-rim-MON ben-khez-YON ME-lekh a-RAM ha-yo-SHEV be-da-ME-sek le-MOR
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-SA et-KOL-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV ha-no-ta-RIM be-ots-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-ots-ROT BET me-LEKH ha-ME-lekh va-yit-ne-NEM be-yad-a-va-DAV va-yish-la-KHEM ha-ME-lekh a-SA el-ben-ha-DAD ben-tab-rim-MON ben-khez-YON ME-lekh a-RAM ha-yo-SHEV be-da-ME-sek le-MOR
In context — 1 Kings 15:18
Asa took all the silver and the gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king’s house, the king’s palace, and he put them into the hand of his servants and sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezyon, king of Aram, the one dwelling in Damascus, saying,
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:18:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of 1 Kings 15:18, so the Hebrew word בְּדַמֶּ֖שֶׂק (bedamesek) 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.15.18.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.18.W23.S1) and character.