1 Samuel 17:2:51 Sam.17.2.W5TAB
בְּעֵ֣מֶק
beemek
“in the valley of”
- Transliteration
- be-E-mek
- Extended
- beh-EE-mehk
- IPA
- /bəˈʕeːmɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the valley of
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
be-E-mek
- phraseyour reading level
be-E-mek ha-E-la
- clause
ve-sha-UL ve-ISH-yis-ra-EL ne-es-FU va-ya-kha-NU be-E-mek ha-E-la
- sentence
ve-sha-UL ve-ISH-yis-ra-EL ne-es-FU va-ya-kha-NU be-E-mek ha-E-la va-ya-ar-KHU mil-kha-MA lik-ra-AT pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The locative phrase be-ʿê-meq {בְּעֵ֣מֶק | bə-ʿê-meq} ‘in the valley’ combined with the definite article in ha-ʾē-lāh {הָאֵלָ֑ה | hā-ʾē-lāh} ‘the Elah’ situates the scene geographically.
Root and etymology
ע־מ־קʿ–m–q
“valley, depth”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:2
Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped in the Valley of Elah , and they arranged their battle lines to meet the Philistines.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 17:2, so the Hebrew word בְּעֵ֣מֶק (beemek) 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.17.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.2.W5.S1) and character.