1 Samuel 22:8:71 Sam.22.8.W7TAB
בִּכְרָת־בְּנִ֣י
bikratbeni
“when my son makes a covenant”
- Transliteration
- bik-RAT-be-NI
- Extended
- bihk-RAHT-beh-NEE
- IPA
- /bixˈraːt.bəˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- when my son makes a covenant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bik-RAT-be-NI
- phraseyour reading level
bik-RAT-be-NI im-BEN-yi-SHAI
- clause
KI ke-shar-TEM kul-le-KHEM a-LAI ve-EN-GO-le et-OZ-ni bik-RAT-be-NI im-BEN-yi-SHAI ve-EN-KHO-le mik-KHEM a-LAI ve-GO-le et-OZ-ni
- sentence
KI ke-shar-TEM kul-le-KHEM a-LAI ve-EN-GO-le et-OZ-ni bik-RAT-be-NI im-BEN-yi-SHAI ve-EN-KHO-le mik-KHEM a-LAI ve-GO-le et-OZ-ni KI he-KIM be-NI et-av-DI a-LAI le-o-REV ka-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The infinitive bikhrat {בִּכְרָת | bi-kərāṯ} ‘in making a covenant’ introduces the relationship between the speaker’s son and Jesse’s son.
Root and etymology
k-r-t
“to cut, to make (a covenant)”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:8
Because you have conspired against me, and no one reveals to my ear that my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and none of you cares for me or alerts me that my son has set my servant against me to lie in wait today.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 22:8, so the Hebrew word בִּכְרָת־בְּנִ֣י (bikratbeni) 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.22.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.8.W7.S1) and character.