1 Kings 16:26:21 Kgs.16.26.W2TAB
בְּכָל־דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙
bekholderekh
“in all the way of”
- Transliteration
- be-KHOL-DE-rekh
- Extended
- beh-KHAAL-DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /bəˈχɔl.dˈdɛrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- in all the way of
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KHOL-DE-rekh
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT u-ve-kha-ta-TAI-v u-ve-kha-TA-to a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT u-ve-kha-ta-TAI-v u-ve-kha-TA-to a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM
Exegesis
The compound expression bekhol-derekh {בְּכָל־דֶּרֶךְ | bə-ḵōl-de-re-ḵ} ‘in every way’ stresses total immersion in Jeroboam’s path.
Root and etymology
d-r-kdalet–resh–kaf
“way, path”
In context — 1 Kings 16:26
He walked in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he caused Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 16:26, so the Hebrew word בְּכָל־דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ (bekholderekh) 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.16.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.26.W2.S1) and character.