1 Samuel 15:13:71 Sam.15.13.W7TAB
בָּר֤וּךְ
barukh
“blessed”
- Transliteration
- ba-RUKH
- Extended
- bah-ROOKH
- IPA
- /baː.ˈruːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- blessed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
ba-RUKH
- phraseyour reading level
ba-RUKH a-TA
- clause
va-YO-mer LO sha-UL ba-RUKH a-TA la-ye-ho-VAH ha-ki-MO-ti et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-VO she-mu-EL el-sha-UL va-YO-mer LO sha-UL ba-RUKH a-TA la-ye-ho-VAH ha-ki-MO-ti et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The blessing formula barukh ʾattāh laYHWH {בָּר֤וּךְ אַתָּה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה | bārûḥ ʾattāh lə-Yəhōwāh} ‘blessed are you to the LORD’ combines a participle, independent pronoun, and divine name.
Root and etymology
b-r-kbet–resh–kaf
“to kneel, bless”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:13
And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed are you to the LORD ; I have fulfilled the word of the LORD.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 15:13, so the Hebrew word בָּר֤וּךְ (barukh) 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.15.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.13.W7.S1) and character.