1 Kings 18:28:71 Kgs.18.28.W7TAB
וּבָֽרְמָחִ֑ים
uvarmakhim
“and with the lances”
- Transliteration
- u-var-ma-KHIM
- Extended
- oo-vaar-ma-KHEEM
- IPA
- /uːvarmaːˈħiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and with the lances
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-var-ma-KHIM
- clause
va-yik-re-U be-KOL ga-DOL va-yit-go-de-DU ke-mish-pa-TAM ba-kha-ra-VOT u-var-ma-KHIM
- sentence
va-yik-re-U be-KOL ga-DOL va-yit-go-de-DU ke-mish-pa-TAM ba-kha-ra-VOT u-var-ma-KHIM ad-she-FAKH-DAM a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The instrumental prepositions be in bacharavot {בַּחֲרָב֖וֹת | ba-ḥă-rā-ḇōṯ} ‘with swords’ and u in uvarmachim {וּבָֽרְמָחִ֑ים | u-vā-rmə-ḥîm} ‘and with spears’ identify the means of self-infliction.
Root and etymology
ח־י־יḥ-y-y
“to live, be alive”
In context — 1 Kings 18:28
And they called out with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and spears, until their blood poured out upon them.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 18:28, so the Hebrew word וּבָֽרְמָחִ֑ים (uvarmakhim) 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.18.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.28.W7.S1) and character.