1 Samuel 13:6:111 Sam.13.6.W11TAB
בַּמְּעָר֤וֹת
bammearot
“in the caves”
- Transliteration
- bam-me-a-ROT
- Extended
- bahm-meh-ah-ROHT
- IPA
- /bam.məʕaːˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the caves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
bam-me-a-ROT
- phraseyour reading level
bam-me-a-ROT u-va-kha-va-KHIM
- clause
va-yit-khav-be-U ha-AM bam-me-a-ROT u-va-kha-va-KHIM u-vas-se-la-IM u-vats-tse-ri-KHIM u-vab-bo-ROT
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL ra-U KI tsar-LO KI nig-GASH ha-AM va-yit-khav-be-U ha-AM bam-me-a-ROT u-va-kha-va-KHIM u-vas-se-la-IM u-vats-tse-ri-KHIM u-vab-bo-ROT
In context — 1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in distress and that the people were hard pressed, the people hid themselves in the caves and in the thickets, and in the rocks, and in the crevices, and in the pits .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 13:6, so the Hebrew word בַּמְּעָר֤וֹת (bammearot) 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.13.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.6.W11.S1) and character.