Exodus 15:19:5Exod.15.19.W5TAB
בְּרִכְבּ֤וֹ
berikhbo
“with his chariot”
- Transliteration
- be-rikh-BO
- Extended
- beh-rikh-BOH
- IPA
- /bə.rixˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with his chariot
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
be-rikh-BO
- phraseyour reading level
be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV
- clause
KI BA SUS par-O be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV bay-YAM va-YA-shev Yeh-ho-VAH a-le-HEM et-MEI ha-YAM
- sentence
KI BA SUS par-O be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV bay-YAM va-YA-shev Yeh-ho-VAH a-le-HEM et-MEI ha-YAM u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU bay-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH ha-YAM
Exegesis
The coordinated prepositional phrases be-rikhvo {בְּרִכְבּ֤וֹ | bə-rik-ke-vô} ‘with his chariot’ and u-ve-farashav {וּבְפָרָשָׁיו֙ | wə-p̄ā-rā-šāw} ‘and his horsemen’ specify the Egyptian forces as they entered the sea marked by ba-yam {בַּיָּ֔ם | ba-yām}.
Root and etymology
r-k-b
“chariot”
In context — Exodus 15:19
For when the horse of Pharaoh entered the sea with his chariot and his horsemen , the LORD turned back the waters of the sea; but the sons of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 15:19, so the Hebrew word בְּרִכְבּ֤וֹ (berikhbo) 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.15.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.19.W5.S1) and character.