2 Chronicles 16:14:112 Chr.16.14.W11TAB
בְּשָׂמִ֣ים
besamim
“with spices”
- Transliteration
- be-sa-MIM
- Extended
- beh-saa-MEEM
- IPA
- /bəsaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with spices
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-sa-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
be-sa-MIM u-ze-NIM
- clause
va-yik-be-RU-hu ve-kiv-ro-TAV a-SHER ka-RA-lo be-IR da-VID va-yash-ki-VU-hu ba-mish-KAV a-SHER mi-LE be-sa-MIM u-ze-NIM me-ru-ka-KHIM be-mir-ka-KHAT ma-a-SE
- sentence
va-yik-be-RU-hu ve-kiv-ro-TAV a-SHER ka-RA-lo be-IR da-VID va-yash-ki-VU-hu ba-mish-KAV a-SHER mi-LE be-sa-MIM u-ze-NIM me-ru-ka-KHIM be-mir-ka-KHAT ma-a-SE va-yis-re-FU-lo se-RE-fa ge-do-LA ad-li-me-OD
Exegesis
The following asher clause with mille {מִלֵּא | mil-lē-ʾ} ‘he filled’ enumerates besamim {בְּשָׂמִים | bə-sā-mîm} ‘spices’ and uznim {וּזְנִים | uz-nîm} ‘various kinds’, modified by the Pual participle merukkahim {מְרֻקָּחִים | mer-uk-ka-ḥîm} ‘blended’.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–shin–mem
“spice”
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:14
And they laid him to rest in the tombs he had excavated for himself in the City of David . They placed him on the bed that had been filled with spices and various blended ointments by a perfumer’s art, and they made a very great burning for him.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 16:14, so the Hebrew word בְּשָׂמִ֣ים (besamim) 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 2 Chr.16.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.14.W11.S1) and character.