2 Samuel 20:2:82 Sam.20.2.W8TAB
בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֑י
benbikri
“son of Bichri”
- Transliteration
- ben-bik-RI
- Extended
- behn-bihk-REE
- IPA
- /bɛn.bikˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Bichri
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-bik-RI
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-va ben-bik-RI
- clause
va-YA-al KOL-i-SH yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RE da-VID a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI
- sentence
va-YA-al KOL-i-SH yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RE da-VID a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI ve-ISH ye-hu-DA dav-KU ve-mal-KAM min-ha-yar-DEN ve-ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase me-’achare david {מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד | me-’a-ḥǎ-rê dā-wī-ḏ} ‘from after David’ marks the shift of loyalty, which is reinforced by the construct achare sheva ben-bikhri {אַחֲרֵ֖י שֶׁ֣בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֑י | ’a-ḥǎ-rê še-ḇāʿ ben-bī-khrī} ‘after Sheba son of Bichri’.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:2
So all the men of Israel withdrew from following David to follow Sheba son of Bichri, but the men of Judah remained loyal to their king from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 20:2, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֑י (benbikri) 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.20.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.2.W8.S1) and character.