1 Kings 16:34:71 Kgs.16.34.W7TAB

בַּאֲבִירָ֨ם

baaviram

with Abiram

Transliteration
ba-a-vi-RAM
Extended
bah-ah-vih-RAAM
IPA
/baʔăviːˈraːm/

Meaning by language

English
with Abiram

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Result
בַּ + אֲ + בִי + רָ֨ם
ba + a + vi + ram
baaviram

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-a-vi-RAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-a-vi-RAM be-kho-RO

  3. clause

    ba-a-vi-RAM be-kho-RO yis-se-DA u-ve-she-GIV u-vis-ge-UV tse-i-RO hi-tsi-UV de-la-TE-ha ki-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN

  4. sentence

    be-ya-MAV ba-NA khi-e-EL BET ha-e-LI et-ye-ri-KHO ba-a-vi-RAM be-kho-RO yis-se-DA u-ve-she-GIV u-vis-ge-UV tse-i-RO hi-tsi-UV de-la-TE-ha ki-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN

Exegesis

The instrumental phrases be’aviram {בַּאֲבִירָ֨ם | ba-’ă-vî-rām} and uvisguv {וּבִשְׂגוּב | ū-vi-sə-ḡûḇ} function as “at the cost of,” conveying implied sacrifice.

In context1 Kings 16:34

In his days, Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn, he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest, he set up its gates, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by the hand of Joshua son of Nun.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 16:34:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 16:34, so the Hebrew word בַּאֲבִירָ֨ם (baaviram) 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.16.34.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.34.W7.S1) and character.