1 Samuel 13:18:101 Sam.13.18.W10TAB
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
derekh
“way or road”
- Transliteration
- DE-rekh
- Extended
- DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /ˈdɛrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- way or road
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DE-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
DE-rekh ha-ge-VUL
- clause
ve-ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-NE DE-rekh ha-ge-VUL ha-nish-KAF al-GE ha-tse-vo-IM ha-mid-ba-RA
- sentence
ve-ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-ne DE-rekh BET kho-RON ve-ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-NE DE-rekh ha-ge-VUL ha-nish-KAF al-GE ha-tse-vo-IM ha-mid-ba-RA
Exegesis
The verb yipneh {יִפְנֶה | yi-p̄·nē} ‘will-turn’ is Qal imperfect, forming a directional clause with derekh {דֶּרֶךְ | de-reḵ} ‘way’.
Root and etymology
d-r-khdalet–resh–kaf
“path”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:18
And one company turned toward the road to Beth Horon, and one company turned toward the road to the border that overlooks the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 13:18, so the Hebrew word דֶּ֣רֶךְ (derekh) 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 Sam.13.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.18.W10.S1) and character.