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

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Result
בְּ + הַרְ + רָ֣ם
be + har + ram
beharram

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-har-RAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-har-RAM se-IR

  3. clause

    ve-et-ha-kho-RI be-har-RAM se-IR

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.