2 Samuel 17:18:112 Sam.17.18.W11TAB
בְּבַחוּרִ֗ים
bevakhurim
“in Bahurim”
- Transliteration
- be-va-khu-RIM
- Extended
- beh-vah-khoo-REEM
- IPA
- /bəvaħuːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Bahurim
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-va-khu-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ISH be-va-khu-RIM
- clause
va-yel-KHU she-NE-hem me-he-RA va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ISH be-va-khu-RIM ve-LO be-ER ba-kha-tse-RO va-yer-DU SHAM
- sentence
va-YAR-e o-TAM NA-ar va-yag-GED le-av-sha-LOM va-yel-KHU she-NE-hem me-he-RA va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ISH be-va-khu-RIM ve-LO be-ER ba-kha-tse-RO va-yer-DU SHAM
Exegesis
The directional phrase ʾel bēt-ʾîš {אֶל־בֵּית־אִישׁ | ʾēl bēt-ʾîš} ‘to the house of a man’ is followed by the locative bəbāḥûrîm {בְּבַחוּרִים | bə-bā-ḥû-rîm} ‘in Bahurim.’
In context — 2 Samuel 17:18
A young man saw them and told Absalom. Then the two of them went quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim; he had a well in his courtyard , and they went down there.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 17:18, so the Hebrew word בְּבַחוּרִ֗ים (bevakhurim) 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.17.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.18.W11.S1) and character.