1 Kings 15:20:21 Kgs.15.20.W2TAB
בֶּן־הֲדַ֜ד
benhadad
“Ben-hadad”
- Transliteration
- ben-ha-DAD
- Extended
- behn-hah-DAD
- IPA
- /bɛn.hăˈdad/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ben-hadad
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
ben-ha-DAD
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-MA ben-ha-DAD
- clause
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
- sentence
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
Exegesis
Its subject is the noun benhadad {בֶּן־הֲדַ֜ד | ben-hăḏad} ‘Ben-Hadad’ in construct.
In context — 1 Kings 15:20
Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa and sent his commanders against the cities of Israel; they struck Iyon, Dan, Abel Beth-Maacah, and all Kinnereth , throughout the land of Naphtali.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 15:20, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־הֲדַ֜ד (benhadad) 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.15.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.20.W2.S1) and character.