1 Samuel 17:3:101 Sam.17.3.W10TAB
בֵּינֵיהֶֽם׃
benehem
“between them”
- Transliteration
- be-ne-HEM
- Extended
- beh-nee-HEHM
- IPA
- /beːneːˈheːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- between them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-ne-HEM
- clause
ve-ha-GAI be-ne-HEM
- sentence
u-fe-lish-TIM o-me-DIM el-ha-HAR mi-ZE ve-yis-ra-EL o-me-DIM el-ha-HAR mi-ZE ve-ha-GAI be-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The final clause, marked by vehagai {וְהַגַּיְא | wə-hag-gā-ʾî} ‘the valley’ followed by beynayhem {בֵּינֵיהֶם | bē-nāy-hēm} ‘between them’, highlights the intervening terrain.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:3
The Philistines held their ground on the hill on one side, and Israel held the hill on the other side, with the valley between them.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 17:3, so the Hebrew word בֵּינֵיהֶֽם׃ (benehem) 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.17.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.3.W10.S1) and character.