2 Samuel 20:8:182 Sam.20.8.W18TAB
בְּתַעְרָ֔הּ
betara
“in its sheath”
- Transliteration
- be-ta-ra
- Extended
- beh-tah-RAH
- IPA
- /bəθaʕˈraːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- in its sheath
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-ta-ra
- clause
ve-yo-AV kha-GUR mi-DO le-vu-SHU ve-a-LAV kha-GOR KHE-rev me-tsu-me-DET al-mat-NAI-v be-ta-ra ve-HU ya-TSA va-ti-POL
- sentence
HEM im-ha-E-ven ha-ge-do-LA a-SHER be-giv-ON va-a-ma-SA BA lif-ne-HEM ve-yo-AV kha-GUR mi-DO le-vu-SHU ve-a-LAV kha-GOR KHE-rev me-tsu-me-DET al-mat-NAI-v be-ta-ra ve-HU ya-TSA va-ti-POL
In context — 2 Samuel 20:8
They were at the great stone which is in Gibeon when Amasa came before them. Joab was girded with his garment—his outer robe—and had a sword fastened on his loins in its sheath; and as he went out, the sword fell.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:8:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Samuel 20:8, so the Hebrew word בְּתַעְרָ֔הּ (betara) 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.20.8.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.8.W18.S1) and character.