Exodus 14:17:9Exod.14.17.W9TAB
בְּפַרְעֹה֙
befaro
“through Pharaoh”
- Transliteration
- be-far-O
- Extended
- beh-far-OH
- IPA
- /bə.farˈʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- through Pharaoh
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-far-O
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ik-ka-ve-DA be-far-O
- clause
ve-ik-ka-ve-DA be-far-O u-ve-khol-khei-LO be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV
- sentence
va-a-NI hin-NEE me-khaz-ZEK et-LEV mits-RA-yim ve-ya-VO-u a-kha-RE-hem ve-ik-ka-ve-DA be-far-O u-ve-khol-khei-LO be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV
Exegesis
Attention shifts to divine vindication in the Nifal perfect veyikkabedah {וְאִכָּבְדָה | wə-yiqqabbədāh} ‘and I will be glorified’, followed by the distributive prepositional phrases: beparoeh {בְּפַרְעֹה | bə-parʿōh} ‘through Pharaoh’, uv-kol-chelo {וּבְכָל־חֵילוֹ | ū-bə-ḵōl-ḥēlō} ‘through all his army’, berikhvo {בְּרִכְבּוֹ | bə-riḵbō} ‘through his chariots’, and uv-parashav {וּבְפָרָשָׁיו | ū-bə-parāšāw} ‘through his horsemen’. The interplay of vav-consecutives and prepositional lists creates a causal progression that highlights divine sovereignty and human response.
Root and etymology
Rootpe–resh–ʿayin
“to divide, separate”
In context — Exodus 14:17
And I —behold, I am hardening the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will come after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and through all his army, through his chariots and through his horsemen.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 14:17, so the Hebrew word בְּפַרְעֹה֙ (befaro) 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 Exod.14.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.17.W9.S1) and character.