1 Kings 16:32:81 Kgs.16.32.W8TAB
בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃
beshomeron
“in Samaria”
- Transliteration
- be-sho-me-RON
- Extended
- beh-shoh-meh-RON
- IPA
- /bəʃɔm.rɔˈn/
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-sho-me-RON
- clause
BET ha-BA-al a-SHER ba-NA be-sho-me-RON
- sentence
va-ya-KEM miz-BE-akh la-BA-al BET ha-BA-al a-SHER ba-NA be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The phrase beshomron {בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן | bə-šom-rôn} ‘in Samaria’ situates the act in the northern kingdom’s capital. English preserves the Hebrew’s head-initial relative clause by maintaining the sequence of construction, location, and cultic purpose.
Root and etymology
š-m-rshin–mem–resh
“to keep; guard”
In context — 1 Kings 16:32
And he erected an altar to Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:32:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 16:32, so the Hebrew word בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ (beshomeron) 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.16.32.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.32.W8.S1) and character.