2 Chronicles 18:34:92 Chr.18.34.W9TAB
בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֛ה
bamerkava
“in the chariot”
- Transliteration
- ba-mer-ka-VA
- Extended
- bah-mehr-kah-VAA
- IPA
- /bam.mɛr.kaːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the chariot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-mer-ka-VA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YA ma-a-mi-ID ba-mer-ka-VA
- clause
va-ta-AL ha-mil-kha-MA ba-YOM ha-HU u-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ha-YA ma-a-mi-ID ba-mer-ka-VA NO-khakh a-RAM ad-ha-A-rev
- sentence
va-ta-AL ha-mil-kha-MA ba-YOM ha-HU u-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ha-YA ma-a-mi-ID ba-mer-ka-VA NO-khakh a-RAM ad-ha-A-rev va-ya-MAT le-ET BO ha-sha-MESH
Exegesis
Spatial orientation is marked by bamerkavah nokhach aram {בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֛ה נֹ֥כַח אֲרָ֖ם | ba-merḵāvâ nōḥaḥ ’ă-rām} ‘in the chariot facing Aram,’ and duration by ad-haarev {עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב | ‘ad-ha-‘ā-reḇ} ‘until evening.’
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:34
The battle grew stronger that day, and the king of Israel kept himself upright in his chariot facing Aram until evening; and at the time when the sun went down he died.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:34:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 18:34, so the Hebrew word בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֛ה (bamerkava) 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.18.34.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.34.W9.S1) and character.