2 Kings 23:3:262 Kgs.23.3.W26TAB
בַּבְּרִֽית׃
baberit
“in the covenant”
- Transliteration
- ba-be-RIT
- Extended
- bah-beh-REET
- IPA
- /bab.bəˈriːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the covenant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-be-RIT
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD kol-ha-AM ba-be-RIT
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh al-ha-a-MUD va-yikh-ROT et-ha-be-RIT lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH la-LE-khet a-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAI-v ve-et-e-de-vo-TAI-v ve-et-khu-kko-TAI-v be-khol-LEV u-ve-khol-NE-fesh le-ha-KIM et-div-RE ha-be-RIT ha-ZOT ha-khe-tu-VIM al-ha-SE-fer ha-ZE va-ya-a-MOD kol-ha-AM ba-be-RIT
Exegesis
The summary clause kol-ha‘am babbərîṯ {כָּל־הָעָם בַּבְּרִית | kol-hā-‘ām babbərîṯ} ‘all the people in the covenant’ closes the communal commitment.
Root and etymology
b-r-tbet-resh-tav
“to bind”
In context — 2 Kings 23:3
And the king stood upon the pillar and made the covenant before the LORD , to walk after the LORD and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all the heart and all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that were written upon this book; and all the people stood in the covenant.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:3:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of 2 Kings 23:3, so the Hebrew word בַּבְּרִֽית׃ (baberit) 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.23.3.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.3.W26.S1) and character.