Genesis 14:6:2Gen.14.6.W2TAB
בְּהַרְרָ֣ם
beharram
“in their hill country of”
- Transliteration
- be-har-RAM
- Extended
- beh-hahr-RAAM
- IPA
- /bə.har.ˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in their hill country of
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-har-RAM
- phraseyour reading level
be-har-RAM se-IR
- clause
ve-et-ha-kho-RI be-har-RAM se-IR
- sentence
ve-et-ha-kho-RI be-har-RAM se-IR AD EL pa-RAN a-SHER al-ha-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The term ha-chori {הַחֹרִי | ha-ḥō-rî} is governed by beharram {בְּהַרְרָם | bə-har-rām} ‘in their hill country,’ specifying the domain of the Horites, with seir {שֵׂעִיר | śē-ʿîr} identifying those highlands in apposition.
Root and etymology
Rooth-r-r
“mountain, hill”
In context — Genesis 14:6
And they struck the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 14:6, so the Hebrew word בְּהַרְרָ֣ם (beharram) 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 Gen.14.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.6.W2.S1) and character.