1 Kings 16:11:111 Kgs.16.11.W11TAB
בְּקִ֑יר
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-TIN be-KIR
- clause
va-ye-HI ve-mal-KHO ke-shiv-TO al-KIS-O hi-KA et-KOL-BET ba-SHA lo-hi-she-IR LO mash-TIN be-KIR
- sentence
va-ye-HI ve-mal-KHO ke-shiv-TO al-KIS-O hi-KA et-KOL-BET ba-SHA lo-hi-she-IR LO mash-TIN be-KIR ve-go-a-LAV ve-re-E-HU
Exegesis
The idiom maštīn bə-qîr {מַשְׁתִּ֣ין בְּקִ֑יר | mashtīn bə-qîr} ‘one urinating against a wall’ functions as an emphatic expression for male descendants.
In context — 1 Kings 16:11
And it happened, when he began to reign and sat upon his throne, that he struck down all the house of Baasha. He did not leave for him one who urinates against a wall nor any of his kinsmen or his friends .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 16:11, so the Hebrew word בְּקִ֑יר (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.16.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.11.W11.S1) and character.