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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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
be-na-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
be-na-KHAL kid-RON
- 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
- 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 context — 2 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.