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

Result
בְּ + רִכְ + בּ֤וֹ
be + rikh + bo
berikhbo

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-rikh-BO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.