2 Samuel 15:23:92 Sam.15.23.W9TAB

בְּנַ֣חַל

benakhal

in the wadi or brook

Transliteration
be-na-KHAL
Extended
beh-nah-KHAHL
IPA
/bənaˈħal/

Meaning by language

English
in the wadi or brook

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Result
בְּ + נַ֣ + חַל
be + na + khal
benakhal

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-na-KHAL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-na-KHAL kid-RON

  3. clause

    ve-ham-ME-lekh o-VER be-na-KHAL kid-RON ve-KHOL-ha-AM o-ve-RIM al-pe-NE-de-rekh et-ham-mid-BAR

  4. sentence

    ve-KHOL-ha-A-rets bo-KHIM KOL ga-DOL ve-KHOL-ha-AM o-ve-RIM ve-ham-ME-lekh o-VER be-na-KHAL kid-RON ve-KHOL-ha-AM o-ve-RIM al-pe-NE-de-rekh et-ham-mid-BAR

Exegesis

The location is specified by be-nakhal Kidron {בְּנַ֣חַל קִדְר֔וֹן | bə·na·ḥāl qi·drôn} ‘in the Kidron Valley’, after which the communal pattern resumes.

In context2 Samuel 15:23

And all the land wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed by; and the king crossed the Kidron Valley , and all the people continued on the road toward the wilderness .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 15:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 15:23, so the Hebrew word בְּנַ֣חַל (benakhal) 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 Sam.15.23.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.23.W9.S1) and character.