1 Samuel 14:22:51 Sam.14.22.W5TAB
בְּהַר־אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙
beharefrayim
“in the hill-country of Ephraim”
- Transliteration
- be-HAR-e-fra-YIM
- Extended
- beh-HAHR-ehf-rah-YEEM
- IPA
- /bəˈhar.ʔɛf.raːˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the hill-country of Ephraim
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-HAR-e-fra-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-mit-kha-be-IM be-HAR-e-fra-YIM
- clause
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL ha-mit-kha-be-IM be-HAR-e-fra-YIM sha-me-U ki-na-SU pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL ha-mit-kha-be-IM be-HAR-e-fra-YIM sha-me-U ki-na-SU pe-lish-TIM va-yad-be-KU gam-HE-ma a-kha-re-HEM ba-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The Hitpael participle ha-mitchabbe’im {הַמִּתְחַבְּאִים | ham-mit-ḥab-be-’îm} conveys ongoing self-concealment in the prepositional phrase be-har-Ephrayim {בְּהַר־אֶפְרַיִם | bə-har ’e-phra-yim}.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:22
All the men of Israel who had been hiding themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, and they too pursued closely after them in the battle .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 14:22, so the Hebrew word בְּהַר־אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ (beharefrayim) 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.14.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.22.W5.S1) and character.