1 Kings 21:9:21 Kgs.21.9.W2TAB
בַּסְּפָרִ֖ים
basefarim
“in the letters or in the documents”
- Transliteration
- ba-se-fa-RIM
- Extended
- bah-seh-fah-REEM
- IPA
- /bas.səfaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the letters or in the documents
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-se-fa-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-tikh-TOV ba-se-fa-RIM
- clause
va-tikh-TOV ba-se-fa-RIM le-MOR
- sentence
va-tikh-TOV ba-se-fa-RIM le-MOR kir-e-U-TSOM ve-ho-shi-VU et-NA-vot be-ROSH ha-AM
Exegesis
The phrase basfarim {בַּסְּפָרִ֖ים | bas·fə·rîm} “in the letters” functions as a locative indicating the medium of communication.
Root and etymology
s-p-r
“to write, record”
In context — 1 Kings 21:9
And she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 21:9, so the Hebrew word בַּסְּפָרִ֖ים (basefarim) 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.21.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.9.W2.S1) and character.