1 Kings 16:24:61 Kgs.16.24.W6TAB
בְּכִכְּרַ֣יִם
bekhikkarayim
“for two talents”
- Transliteration
- be-khi-kka-RA-yim
- Extended
- beh-khih-kah-RAA-yihm
- IPA
- /bəxik.kəˈraːjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- for two talents
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-khi-kka-RA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
be-khi-kka-RA-yim KA-sef
- clause
va-yi-KEN ET-ha-HAR sho-me-RON me-ET SHE-mer be-khi-kka-RA-yim KA-sef
- sentence
va-yi-KEN ET-ha-HAR sho-me-RON me-ET SHE-mer be-khi-kka-RA-yim KA-sef va-yi-VEN ET-ha-HAR va-yik-RA ET-SHEM ha-IR a-SHER ba-NA AL shem-SHE-mer a-do-NE ha-HAR sho-me-RON
Root and etymology
k-k-rkof–kaf–resh
“round object; talent (weight)”
In context — 1 Kings 16:24
And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he built on the hill, and he called the name of the city which he built after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 16:24, so the Hebrew word בְּכִכְּרַ֣יִם (bekhikkarayim) 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.16.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.24.W6.S1) and character.