2 Kings 14:7:32 Kgs.14.7.W3TAB
בְּגֵיא־המלח
begeahamelakh
“in the valley of the salt”
- Transliteration
- be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh
- Extended
- beh-GEE-ah-hah-meh-lahkh
- IPA
- /bəɡeː.ʔaː.hamˈmɛlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the valley of the salt
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh
- clause
HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ve-ta-FAS et-ha-SE-la ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ve-ta-FAS et-ha-SE-la ba-mil-kha-MA va-yik-RA et-she-MA yok-te-EL AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
In context — 2 Kings 14:7
He struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—ten thousand—and captured the Sela in battle. He named it Joktheel, to this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 14:7, so the Hebrew word בְּגֵיא־המלח (begeahamelakh) 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 Kgs.14.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.7.W3.S1) and character.