2 Samuel 20:15:112 Sam.20.15.W11TAB
בַּחֵ֑ל
bakhel
“against the rampart or within the outer wall”
- Transliteration
- ba-KHEL
- Extended
- bah-KHEEL
- IPA
- /baˈħeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the rampart or within the outer wall
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-KHEL
- clause
va-ya-VO-u va-ya-TSU-ru a-LAV be-a-VE-la BET ham-ma-a-KHA va-yish-pe-KHU so-le-LA el-ha-IR va-ta-a-MOD ba-KHEL
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u va-ya-TSU-ru a-LAV be-a-VE-la BET ham-ma-a-KHA va-yish-pe-KHU so-le-LA el-ha-IR va-ta-a-MOD ba-KHEL ve-khol-ha-AM a-SHER et-yo-AV mash-khi-TIM le-ha-PIL ha-kho-MA
In context — 2 Samuel 20:15
And they came and besieged him at Abel Beth Maakah, and they built up a siege ramp against the city, and it stood at the outer defenses. And all the people who were with Joab battered the wall to break it down .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 20:15, so the Hebrew word בַּחֵ֑ל (bakhel) 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.20.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.15.W11.S1) and character.