Genesis 14:8:15Gen.14.8.W15TAB
בְּעֵ֖מֶק
beemek
“in the valley of”
- Transliteration
- be-E-mek
- Extended
- beh-EH-mek
- IPA
- /bəˈʕeː.mɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the valley of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
be-E-mek
- clause
va-ya-ar-KHU i-TAM mil-kha-MA be-E-mek ha-si-DIM
- sentence
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM u-ME-lekh a-mo-RA u-ME-lekh a-de-MA u-ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh BE-la hi-TSO-ar va-ya-ar-KHU i-TAM mil-kha-MA be-E-mek ha-si-DIM
Exegesis
The closing locative phrase beʿemeq hasidim {בְּעֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּים | bə-ʿē-meq haś-śid-dîm} is a construct chain “in the valley of Siddim” that supplies the battlefield setting and provides the verse’s final focus. In English, the extended list of kings is preserved but smoothed into a single composite subject (“the king of…”) so that the shift from singular “went out” to plural “drew up” or “prepared” is clear. The appositional note on Bela/Zoar is maintained in parentheses to mirror the Hebrew aside, and the geographic phrase “in the Valley of Siddim” is kept at the end of the sentence to parallel the Hebrew emphasis on the place of conflict.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-q
“to be deep”
In context — Genesis 14:8
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up for battle with them in the Valley of Siddim.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 14:8, so the Hebrew word בְּעֵ֖מֶק (beemek) 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.14.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.8.W15.S1) and character.