1 Kings 19:4:31 Kgs.19.4.W3TAB
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
derekh
“a way or journey”
- Transliteration
- DE-rekh
- Extended
- DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /ˈdɛrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- a way or journey
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
DE-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
DE-rekh YOM
- clause
ve-HU-ha-LAKH ba-mid-BAR DE-rekh YOM va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV TA-khat RO-tem a-KHAT e-KHAD
- sentence
ve-HU-ha-LAKH ba-mid-BAR DE-rekh YOM va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV TA-khat RO-tem a-KHAT e-KHAD va-yish-EAL ET-naf-SHO la-MUT va-yo-MER RAV a-TA Ye-ho-VAH KAKH naf-SHI ki-LO-TOv a-no-KHI me-a-vo-TAI
Exegesis
The phrase bamidbar derekh yom {בַּמִּדְבָּר דֶּרֶךְ יוֹם | ba·mid·bār de·reḵ yōm} ‘a day’s journey into the wilderness’ combines direction and duration.
Root and etymology
dalet–resh–kaph
“way”
In context — 1 Kings 19:4
But he went on alone a day’s journey into the wilderness, and he came and sat under a broom bush. There he asked that his life be taken, saying, “It is enough now, LORD ; take my life, for I am not better than my fathers .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 19:4, so the Hebrew word דֶּ֣רֶךְ (derekh) 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.19.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.4.W3.S1) and character.