1 Kings 20:32:31 Kgs.20.32.W3TAB
בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֜ם
bematnehem
“on their waists”
- Transliteration
- be-mat-ne-HEM
- Extended
- beh-maat-neh-HEHMM
- IPA
- /bəmaːt.nɛˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- on their waists
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-mat-ne-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yakh-ge-RU sak-KIM be-mat-ne-HEM
- clause
va-yakh-ge-RU sak-KIM be-mat-ne-HEM va-kha-va-LIM be-ra-she-HEM va-ya-VO-u el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-mer-RU av-de-KHA ven-ha-DAD a-MAR te-khi-NA naf-SHI
- sentence
va-yakh-ge-RU sak-KIM be-mat-ne-HEM va-kha-va-LIM be-ra-she-HEM va-ya-VO-u el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-mer-RU av-de-KHA ven-ha-DAD a-MAR te-khi-NA naf-SHI va-YO-mer ha-o-DEN-nu KHAI a-KHI HU
Exegesis
The envoys’ attire frames their submission: saqqim {שַׂקִּים | saqqîm} on motneihem {בְּמָתְנֵיהֶם | mə-ṭnê-hem} marks their penitent posture, and chavalim {וַחֲבָלִים | ḥa-ḇā-lîm} on rosheihem {בְּרָאשֵׁיהֶם | rā-šê-hem} underscores surrender.
In context — 1 Kings 20:32
And they girded sackcloth on their loins and ropes on their heads, and they came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 20:32, so the Hebrew word בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֜ם (bematnehem) 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.20.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.32.W3.S1) and character.