1 Kings 15:6:31 Kgs.15.6.W3TAB
בֵין־רְחַבְעָ֛ם
benrekhavam
“between Rehoboam”
- Transliteration
- ben-re-kha-VAM
- Extended
- been-reh-khah-VAAM
- IPA
- /beːn.rə.ħa.vˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- between Rehoboam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ben-re-kha-VAM
- phraseyour reading level
u-mil-kha-MA ha-ye-TA ben-re-kha-VAM
- sentence
u-mil-kha-MA ha-ye-TA ben-re-kha-VAM u-VEN ya-ra-ve-AM kol-ye-ME kha-YAV
Exegesis
Two parallel prepositional phrases, bein {בֵין־ | bēn-} Reḥav‘am {רְחַבְעָ֛ם | re-ḥăv-‘ām} and ū-bēn {וּבֵ֥ין | ū-bēn} Yarov‘am {יָרָבְעָ֖ם | yā-răv-‘ām}, mark the adversarial relationship between the two kings.
In context — 1 Kings 15:6
And war persisted between Rehoboam and Jeroboam for the whole of his lifetime .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 15:6, so the Hebrew word בֵין־רְחַבְעָ֛ם (benrekhavam) 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.15.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.6.W3.S1) and character.