2 Samuel 17:9:122 Sam.17.9.W12TAB
בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה
batekhila
“at the beginning”
- Transliteration
- ba-te-khi-LA
- Extended
- bah-teh-khi-LAA
- IPA
- /bat.təħilˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the beginning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-te-khi-LA
- clause
ve-ha-YA kin-FOL ba-HEM ba-te-khi-LA ve-sha-MA ha-sho-ME-a ve-a-MAR ha-ye-TA ma-ge-FA ba-AM a-SHER a-kha-RE av-sha-LOM
- sentence
hin-NE a-TA HU-nekh-BA be-a-KHAT ha-pe-kha-TIM O be-a-KHAD ha-me-ko-MOT ve-ha-YA kin-FOL ba-HEM ba-te-khi-LA ve-sha-MA ha-sho-ME-a ve-a-MAR ha-ye-TA ma-ge-FA ba-AM a-SHER a-kha-RE av-sha-LOM
Root and etymology
ת־ח־ל
“beginning”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:9
Behold, now he is hiding in one of the pits or in one of the places, and it will be, when some of them fall at the beginning, that whoever hears will say, “A slaughter has occurred among the people who follow Absalom.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 17:9, so the Hebrew word בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה (batekhila) 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.17.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.9.W12.S1) and character.