2 Kings 21:22:72 Kgs.21.22.W7TAB
בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ
bederekh
“in the way of”
- Transliteration
- be-DE-rekh
- Extended
- beh-DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /bəˈdɛ.rɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the way of
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 | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-DE-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
be-DE-rekh ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-LO ha-LAKH be-DE-rekh ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-a-ZOV et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TAV ve-LO ha-LAKH be-DE-rekh ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bderekh YHWH {בְּדֶרֶךְ יְהוָה | bə-de-reḵ Yəhōwāh} ‘in the way of the LORD’ functions idiomatically to denote faithful obedience to divine instruction.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–resh–kaf
“way, road”
In context — 2 Kings 21:22
And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers , and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 21:22, so the Hebrew word בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ (bederekh) 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.21.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.22.W7.S1) and character.