1 Kings 16:28:51 Kgs.16.28.W5TAB
בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן
beshomron
“in Samaria”
- Transliteration
- be-shom-RON
- Extended
- beh-shohm-ROHN
- IPA
- /bəʃɔmˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Samaria
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-shom-RON
- clause
va-yish-KAV om-RI im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-shom-RON
- sentence
va-yish-KAV om-RI im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-shom-RON va-yim-LOKH akh-AV be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The passive Nifal imperfect vayikkaver {וַיִּקָּבֵר | və-yik-kā-vēr} ‘and he was buried’ introduces the funerary action, with beshomron {בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן | bə-šōm-rōn} ‘in Samaria’ marking the location.
Root and etymology
š-m-rshin–mem–resh
“to keep; guard”
In context — 1 Kings 16:28
And Omri lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria , and Ahab his son reigned in his place .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 16:28, so the Hebrew word בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן (beshomron) 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.16.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.28.W5.S1) and character.