Exodus 14:25:6Exod.14.25.W6TAB
בִּכְבֵדֻ֑ת
bikhvedut
“with heaviness”
- Transliteration
- bikh-ve-DUT
- Extended
- bihkh-veh-DOOT
- IPA
- /bix.veˈðut/
Meaning by language
- English
- with heaviness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
bikh-ve-DUT
- clause
va-YA-sar ET o-FAN mar-ke-vo-TAV va-ye-na-ha-GE-hu bikh-ve-DUT
- sentence
va-YA-sar ET o-FAN mar-ke-vo-TAV va-ye-na-ha-GE-hu bikh-ve-DUT va-yo-MER mits-RA-yim a-nu-SA mip-NEI yis-ra-EL KI Ye-ho-VAH nil-KHAM la-HEM be-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The following veyenahagehu {וַיְנַהֲגֵהוּ | wayyənahăgēhû} ‘and he drove them’ combined with the adverbial bikhvedut {בִּכְבֵדֻת | bîḵḇēḏut} ‘with heaviness’ underscores the crippling effect on their mobility.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf–bet–dalet
“heavy, burdensome”
In context — Exodus 14:25
And He removed the wheels of their chariots, so that they drove with difficulty. And Egypt said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 14:25, so the Hebrew word בִּכְבֵדֻ֑ת (bikhvedut) 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.14.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.25.W6.S1) and character.