1 Kings 20:30:171 Kgs.20.30.W17TAB
בְּחָֽדֶר׃
bekhader
“in a room”
- Transliteration
- be-kha-DER
- Extended
- beh-khaa-DEHR
- IPA
- /bəħaːˈdɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in a room
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
be-kha-DER
- phraseyour reading level
KHE-der be-kha-DER
- clause
u-ven-ha-DAD NAS va-ya-BO el-ha-IR KHE-der be-kha-DER
- sentence
va-ya-NU-su ha-no-ta-RIM a-fe-KA el-ha-IR va-ti-POL ha-kho-MA al-e-she-RIM ve-shiv-A E-lef ISH ha-no-ta-RIM u-ven-ha-DAD NAS va-ya-BO el-ha-IR KHE-der be-kha-DER
Exegesis
Finally, the idiom cheder becheder {חֶדֶר בְּחָֽדֶר | ḥeḏer bə-ḥāḏer} ‘room within room’ conveys deep concealment. The vav-consecutive chain yields momentum, while the construct number and idiomatic phrase add precise detail.
Root and etymology
ḥ-d-rḥ-d-r
“to enclose, hide”
In context — 1 Kings 20:30
And the remaining fled to Aphek, to the city. Then the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of those who remained. Ben-Hadad fled into the city and entered an inner room .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:30:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 20:30, so the Hebrew word בְּחָֽדֶר׃ (bekhader) 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.20.30.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.30.W17.S1) and character.