1 Samuel 19:18:21 Sam.19.18.W2TAB
בָּרַ֜ח
barakh
“fled”
- Transliteration
- ba-RAKH
- Extended
- baa-RAAKH
- IPA
- /baːˈraħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- fled
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-RAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-da-VID ba-RAKH
- clause
ve-da-VID ba-RAKH va-yim-ma-LET va-ya-VO el-she-mu-EL ha-ra-MA-ta va-yag-GED-lo ET kol-a-SHER a-SA-lo sha-UL
- sentence
ve-da-VID ba-RAKH va-yim-ma-LET va-ya-VO el-she-mu-EL ha-ra-MA-ta va-yag-GED-lo ET kol-a-SHER a-SA-lo sha-UL va-YE-lekh HU u-she-mu-EL va-YESH-vu ve-no-YIT be-na-YOT
Exegesis
The pairing of perfect bārāḥ {בָּרַח | bā-rā-ḥ} ‘he fled’ with imperfect wayyimmālleṭ {וַיִּמָּלֵ֗ט | way-yim-mā-lê-ṭ} ‘he escaped’ intensifies the urgency of David’s flight.
Root and etymology
RootBet–Resh–Chet
“to flee; escape swiftly”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:18
And David fled and escaped , and he came to Samuel at Ramah, and he told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and they stayed in the dwellings at Naioth.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 19:18, so the Hebrew word בָּרַ֜ח (barakh) 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.19.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.18.W2.S1) and character.