1 Kings 18:7:31 Kgs.18.7.W3TAB
בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ
baderekh
“on the way”
- Transliteration
- ba-DE-rekh
- Extended
- bah-DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /badˈdɛ.rɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ba-DE-rekh
- clause
va-ye-HI o-vad-ya-HU ba-DE-rekh ve-hi-NE e-li-YA-hu lik-ra-TO
- sentence
va-ye-HI o-vad-ya-HU ba-DE-rekh ve-hi-NE e-li-YA-hu lik-ra-TO va-yak-ki-RE-hu va-yip-POL al-pa-NAIV va-yo-MER ha-a-TA ZE a-do-NI e-li-YA-hu
Exegesis
The clause Ovadyahu baderekh {עֹבַדְיָ֙הוּ֙ בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ | ’O-va-dya-hu ba-dè-rekh} ‘Obadiah on the way’ establishes setting through a construct chain.
Root and etymology
consonantsdalet–resh–kaf
“way, path”
In context — 1 Kings 18:7
And it happened as Obadiah was on the way that behold Elijah came to meet him; and he recognized him and fell on his face , and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:7, so the Hebrew word בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ (baderekh) 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.18.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.7.W3.S1) and character.