1 Kings 21:13:141 Kgs.21.13.W14TAB
בֵּרַ֥ךְ
berakh
“he cursed”
- Transliteration
- BE-rakh
- Extended
- BEE-rahkh
- IPA
- /ˈbeː.raχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he cursed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
BE-rakh
- phraseyour reading level
BE-rakh na-VOT
- clause
va-ya-VO-u she-NEI ha-a-na-SHIM be-NEI-ve-li-YA-al va-yesh-VU NEG-do va-ye-di-DU-hu an-she ha-be-li-YA-al et-na-VOT NE-ged ha-AM le-MOR BE-rakh na-VOT e-lo-HIM va-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u she-NEI ha-a-na-SHIM be-NEI-ve-li-YA-al va-yesh-VU NEG-do va-ye-di-DU-hu an-she ha-be-li-YA-al et-na-VOT NE-ged ha-AM le-MOR BE-rakh na-VOT e-lo-HIM va-ME-lekh va-yo-tsi-U-hu mi-KHUTS la-IR va-yis-ke-LU-hu va-a-va-NIM va-ya-MOT
Exegesis
The verb berakh {בֵּרַךְ | bēraḵ} lit. ‘he blessed’ functions here as a legal euphemism for “cursed.”
In context — 1 Kings 21:13
And the two men, sons of worthlessness, came and sat opposite him; and the sons of worthlessness testified against Naboth before the people, saying, “Naboth has blessed God and the king.” Then they brought him outside the city and stoned him with stones, and he died.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:13:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 21:13, so the Hebrew word בֵּרַ֥ךְ (berakh) 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.21.13.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.13.W14.S1) and character.