1 Samuel 22:6:131 Sam.22.6.W13TAB
בָּֽרָמָה֙
barama
“on the height”
- Transliteration
- ba-ra-MA
- Extended
- baa-rah-MAH
- IPA
- /baːraːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the height
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-ra-MA
- phraseyour reading level
TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA
- clause
ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA va-kha-ni-TO ve-ya-DO ve-KHOL-a-va-DAV ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV
- sentence
va-yish-MA sha-UL KI no-DA da-VID va-a-na-SHIM a-SHER i-TO ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA va-kha-ni-TO ve-ya-DO ve-KHOL-a-va-DAV ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV
Exegesis
Sequential locative elements bagiv‘ah {בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה | ba-gi-ʿāh} ‘at Gibeah’, tachat-ha’eshel {תַּֽחַת־הָאֶ֤שֶׁל | ta-ḥat-hā-ʾe-šel} ‘under the tamarisk tree’, and baramah {בָּֽרָמָה֙ | bā-rā-māh} ‘on the height’ define the specific vantage point.
In context — 1 Samuel 22:6
And Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered, and Saul was seated at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the height, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants standing around him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 22:6, so the Hebrew word בָּֽרָמָה֙ (barama) 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.22.6.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.6.W13.S1) and character.