בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֑ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֑ה

   BET-ma-a-KHA

   Beth-maacah
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אָבֵ֣ל בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֑ה

   a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA

   Abel Beth-maacah
3. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע בֶּן־הֲדַ֜ד אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֗א וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י הַחֲיָלִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙ עַל־עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־עִיּ֣וֹן וְאֶת־דָּ֔ן וְאֵ֖ת אָבֵ֣ל בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֑ה

   va-yish-MA ben-ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo al-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-YAKH et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA

   and he listened Ben-hadad to the king Asa and he sent the commanders of the troops who were to him against cities of Israel and he struck Ijon and Dan and Abel Beth-maacah
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע בֶּן־הֲדַ֜ד אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֗א וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י הַחֲיָלִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙ עַל־עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־עִיּ֣וֹן וְאֶת־דָּ֔ן וְאֵ֖ת אָבֵ֣ל בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֑ה וְאֵת֙ כָּל־כִּנְר֔וֹת עַ֖ל כָּל־אֶ֥רֶץ נַפְתָּלִֽי׃

   va-yish-MA ben-ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo al-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-YAKH et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA ve-ET kal-kin-ROT AL kal-E-rets naf-ta-LI

   and he listened Ben-hadad to the king Asa and he sent the commanders of the troops who were to him against cities of Israel and he struck Ijon and Dan and Abel Beth-maacah and all Chinneroth with all the land of Naphtali

Exegesis

A final vav-consecutive wayyakh {וַיַּךְ֙ | wayyāḵ} ‘and he struck’ launches the battle account with accusative markers introducing toponyms: et-iyon {אֶת־עִיּ֣וֹן | ʾet-ʿiyyōn} ‘Iyon,’ ve-et-dan {וְאֶת־דָּ֔ן | wə-ʾet-dān} ‘and Dan,’ ve-et {וְאֵ֖ת | wə-ʾēṯ} marking Abel (avel {אָבֵ֣ל | ʼāḇēl} ‘Abel’), beit-maakah {בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֑ה | bēt-ma‘āḵāh} ‘Beth Maacah,’ and ve-et-kol-kinerot {וְאֵת כָּל־כִּנְרוֹת | wə-ʾet-kāl-kinərôṯ} ‘and all Kinneroth.’

Root and etymology

“to press or squeeze”