Exodus 14:18:6Exod.14.18.W6TAB
בְּפַרְעֹ֔ה
befaro
“over Pharaoh”
- Transliteration
- be-far-O
- Extended
- beh-far-OH
- IPA
- /bə.farˈʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- over 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
be-hik-kav-DI be-far-O
- clause
be-hik-kav-DI be-far-O be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV
- sentence
ve-yah-de-U mits-RA-yim ki-a-NI Ye-ho-VAH be-hik-kav-DI be-far-O be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV
Exegesis
A triad of prepositional phrases—bepar’oh {בְּפַרְעֹה | bə-pā-rō-’ōh} ‘through Pharaoh’, berikhvo {בְּרִכְבּוֹ | bə-rî-ḵə-vo} ‘through his chariots’, uvefarashav {וּבְפָרָשָׁיו | ū-və-pā-rā-šāw} ‘and through his horsemen’—creates parallelism and builds rhetorical intensity, emphasizing the means of divine glory’s demonstration against Egypt’s military might. The formal translation maintains the Hebrew claim “will know that I am the LORD,” while the dynamic choice of “realize” aims for immediate reader engagement. Formal’s “when I am glorified” preserves passive nuance, whereas dynamic’s “when I show my glory” clarifies active divine agency.
Root and etymology
Rootpe–resh–ʿayin
“to divide, separate”
In context — Exodus 14:18
And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I am glorified through Pharaoh, through his chariots, and through his horsemen.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 14:18, so the Hebrew word בְּפַרְעֹ֔ה (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.14.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.18.W6.S1) and character.