Deuteronomy 16:11:17Deut.16.11.W17TAB
בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ
bekirbekha
“in your midst”
- Transliteration
- be-kir-BE-kha
- Extended
- beh-keer-BEH-kha
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in your midst
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-kir-BE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER be-kir-BE-kha
- clause
ve-sa-MAKH-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-TE-kha ve-av-DE-kha va-a-ma-TE-kha ve-ha-LE-vi a-SHER bish-a-a-RE-kha ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER be-kir-BE-kha
- sentence
ve-sa-MAKH-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-TE-kha ve-av-DE-kha va-a-ma-TE-kha ve-ha-LE-vi a-SHER bish-a-a-RE-kha ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER be-kir-BE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM
Exegesis
Two relative clauses with asher {אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾă-šer} ‘who’ specify residency: bisharecha {בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ | bĭ-šā-ʿā-re-ḵā} ‘within your gates’ for the Levite and bekirbecha {בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ | bĕ-qir-bĕ-ḵā} ‘among you’ for the others.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–qof–resh
“morning”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:11
And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God —you, your son, your daughter, your servant, your maidservant, the Levite who is within your gates, and the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow who are among you—in the place that the LORD your God will choose to cause His Name to dwell there.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:11:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 16:11, so the Hebrew word בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ (bekirbekha) 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 Deut.16.11.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.11.W17.S1) and character.