1 Kings 20:21:81 Kgs.20.21.W8TAB
בַאֲרָ֖ם
baaram
“on Aram or against Aram”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-RAM
- Extended
- bah-ah-RAHM
- IPA
- /ba.ʕăˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- on Aram or against Aram
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-a-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hi-KA ba-a-RAM
- clause
ve-hi-KA ba-a-RAM ma-KA ge-do-LA
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-YAKH et-ha-SUS ve-et-ha-ra-KHEV ve-hi-KA ba-a-RAM ma-KA ge-do-LA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase baaram {בַאֲרָ֖ם | ba·ʾa·rām} indicates the theater of war.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-maleph–resh–mem
“highland”
In context — 1 Kings 20:21
Then the king of Israel went out and struck the horses and the chariots, and he inflicted a great blow upon Aram .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 20:21, so the Hebrew word בַאֲרָ֖ם (baaram) 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.20.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.21.W8.S1) and character.