1 Kings 20:12:91 Kgs.20.12.W9TAB
בַּסֻּכּ֑וֹת
bassukot
“in the booths or shelters”
- Transliteration
- bas-su-KOT
- Extended
- bahs-suh-KOHT
- IPA
- /bas.sukˈkoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the booths or shelters
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bas-su-KOT
- clause
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ve-HU sho-TE HU ve-ham-me-la-KHIM bas-su-KOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ve-HU sho-TE HU ve-ham-me-la-KHIM bas-su-KOT va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAV SI-mu va-ya-SI-mu al-ha-IR
Exegesis
The repetition of the pronoun hu before shoteh ‘drinking’ underscores the actor’s engagement, while the coordinate phrase vehamelakhim bassukkot {וְהַמְּלָכִ֖ים בַּסֻּכּ֑וֹת | wə·ham·mĕ·lāk·hîm bas·suk·kōṯ} situates the allied kings in temporary structures.
In context — 1 Kings 20:12
And it came to pass, as he heard this message, while he and the kings were drinking in the shelters , that he said to his servants , “Prepare yourselves,” and they set themselves against the city.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 20:12, so the Hebrew word בַּסֻּכּ֑וֹת (bassukot) 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.20.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.12.W9.S1) and character.