1 Samuel 15:18:31 Sam.15.18.W3TAB
בְּדָ֑רֶךְ
bedarekh
“on the road”
- Transliteration
- be-DA-rekh
- Extended
- beh-DAA-rehkh
- IPA
- /bəˈdaːrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the road
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 | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
be-DA-rekh
- clause
va-yish-la-kha-KHA ye-ho-VAH be-DA-rekh
- sentence
va-yish-la-kha-KHA ye-ho-VAH be-DA-rekh va-yo-MER LEKH ve-ha-kha-ram-TA et-ha-kha-ta-IM et-a-ma-LEK ve-nil-kha-MA VO AD ka-lo-TAHM o-TAM
Exegesis
Yəhōwāh {יְהוָ֖ה | LORD} is the subject, with bə-dā-reḵ {בְּדָרֶךְ | on a journey} specifying purpose.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:18
And the LORD sent you on a journey and said, “Go and utterly devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight them until you have completely finished them.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 15:18, so the Hebrew word בְּדָ֑רֶךְ (bedarekh) 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.15.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.18.W3.S1) and character.