2 Samuel 2:13:122 Sam.2.13.W12TAB
עַל־הַבְּרֵכָה֙
alhaberekha
“by the pool”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-be-re-KHA
- Extended
- ahl-hah-beh-ree-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʕal.hab.bəreːˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the pool
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-be-re-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
E-le al-ha-be-re-KHA
- clause
va-YESH-ve-U E-le al-ha-be-re-KHA miz-ZE ve-E-le al-ha-be-re-KHA miz-ZE
- sentence
ve-yo-AV ben-tse-ru-YA ve-av-DE da-VID ya-tse-U va-yif-GE-shum al-be-re-KHAT giv-ON yakh-DAV va-YESH-ve-U E-le al-ha-be-re-KHA miz-ZE ve-E-le al-ha-be-re-KHA miz-ZE
Exegesis
The paired demonstratives ʾel-leh and wə-ʾel-leh {אֵ֤לֵּ֤ה | ʾel-leh; וְאֵ֥לֶּה | wə-ʾel-leh} introduce parallel spatial phrases al-hā-bə-rē-ḥāh mī-zhê {עַל־הַבְּרֵכָה֙ מִזֶּה | ʿal-hā-bə-rē-ḥāh mī-zhê} that frame the two opposing sides. The English “one side … the other side” reproduces this chiastic spatial arrangement.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–resh–kaf
“pool, reservoir”
In context — 2 Samuel 2:13
And Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. They sat down, one group on one side of the pool and the other on the opposite side.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 2:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 2:13, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַבְּרֵכָה֙ (alhaberekha) 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.2.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.2.13.W12.S1) and character.