1 Kings 20:1:11 Kgs.20.1.W1TAB
וּבֶן־הֲדַ֣ד
uvenhadad
“and Ben-hadad”
- Transliteration
- u-VEN-ha-DAD
- Extended
- oo-VEHN-hah-DAAD
- IPA
- /uːˈvɛn.hăˈdad/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Ben-hadad
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
u-VEN-ha-DAD
- phraseyour reading level
u-VEN-ha-DAD ME-lekh-a-RAM
- clause
u-VEN-ha-DAD ME-lekh-a-RAM ka-VATS et-KAL-KHEI-lo u-she-lo-SHIM u-she-NA-yim ME-lekh i-TO ve-SUS va-ra-KHEV
- sentence
u-VEN-ha-DAD ME-lekh-a-RAM ka-VATS et-KAL-KHEI-lo u-she-lo-SHIM u-she-NA-yim ME-lekh i-TO ve-SUS va-ra-KHEV va-ya-AL va-ya-TSAR al-SHO-mer-ON va-yil-la-KHEM BAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction u-ven-hadad {וּבֶן־הֲדַד | ū-ḇĕn-hă-ḏăḏ} ‘and Ben-Hadad,’ introducing the subject.
In context — 1 Kings 20:1
And Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his army and thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. Then he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:1:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 20:1, so the Hebrew word וּבֶן־הֲדַ֣ד (uvenhadad) 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.20.1.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.1.W1.S1) and character.