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

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Result
וּ + בֶן + הֲ + דַ֣ד
u + ven + ha + dad
uvenhadad

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-VEN-ha-DAD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-VEN-ha-DAD ME-lekh-a-RAM

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.