2 Samuel 23:15:82 Sam.23.15.W8TAB
בֵּֽית־לֶ֖חֶם
betlekhem
“Bethlehem”
- Transliteration
- BET-LE-khem
- Extended
- BEET-LEH-khem
- IPA
- /beːt.ˈlɛ.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Bethlehem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
BET-LE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
mi-BO-ar BET-LE-khem
- clause
MI yash-ke-NI MA-yim mi-BO-ar BET-LE-khem a-SHER ba-sha-AR
- sentence
va-yit-a-VE da-VID va-yo-MAR MI yash-ke-NI MA-yim mi-BO-ar BET-LE-khem a-SHER ba-sha-AR
Exegesis
The construct mibo’er {מִבֹּ֥אר | mib·bō·ʾer} ‘from the well’ specifies source, and beit-lechem {בֵּֽית־לֶ֖חֶם | beyt-leḥem} ‘Bethlehem’ localizes it.
Root and etymology
ב־י־תb–y–t
“house of bread”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:15
And David longed and said, “Who will give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 23:15, so the Hebrew word בֵּֽית־לֶ֖חֶם (betlekhem) 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.23.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.15.W8.S1) and character.