Exodus 18:8:17Exod.18.8.W17TAB
בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ
baderekh
“on the way”
- Transliteration
- ba-DE-rekh
- Extended
- bah-DEH-rekh
- IPA
- /badˈdɛrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-DE-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER me-tsa-a-TAM ba-DE-rekh
- clause
ET kol-hat-te-la-AH a-SHER me-tsa-a-TAM ba-DE-rekh va-yats-tsi-LEM Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-sa-PER mo-SHEH le-khot-NO ET kol-a-SHER a-SA Ye-ho-VAH le-par-O oo-le-mits-RA-yim al o-DOT yis-ra-EL ET kol-hat-te-la-AH a-SHER me-tsa-a-TAM ba-DE-rekh va-yats-tsi-LEM Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The locative baderekh {בַּדֶּרֶךְ | bad-de-reḵ} ‘in the way’ situates the troubles within the wilderness journey.
Root and etymology
Rootdaleth-resh-kaph
“path”
In context — Exodus 18:8
And Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt on account of Israel, all the hardship that had met them on the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:8:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 18:8, so the Hebrew word בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ (baderekh) 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.18.8.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.8.W17.S1) and character.