Judges 18:28:10Judg.18.28.W10TAB

בָּעֵ֖מֶק

baemeq

in the valley

Transliteration
ba-E-meq
Extended
baa-EH-mehq
IPA
/bɔːˈʕeːmɛq/

Meaning by language

English
in the valley

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Result
בָּ + עֵ֖ + מֶק
ba + e + meq
baemeq

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Qofq — deep k, uvular

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-E-meq

  2. clause

    ve-EN ma-TSIL KI re-kho-KA-HI mi-tsi-DON ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-A-dam ve-HI ba-E-meq a-SHER le-VET-re-KHOV

  3. sentence

    ve-EN ma-TSIL KI re-kho-KA-HI mi-tsi-DON ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-A-dam ve-HI ba-E-meq a-SHER le-VET-re-KHOV va-yiv-NU et-ha-IR va-yesh-VU VA

Exegesis

The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʼă-šer} ‘which’ modifies the locative ba-emek {בָּעֵ֖מֶק | bā-ʿê-meq} ‘in the valley’, specifying its proximity to Beth Rehob.

In contextJudges 18:28

There was no rescuer , because it was far from Sidon and they had no business with any man. It was in the valley near Beth Rehob. Afterward they rebuilt the city and lived there.

About this coordinate

Judges 18:28:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 18:28, so the Hebrew word בָּעֵ֖מֶק (baemeq) 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 Judg.18.28.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.28.W10.S1) and character.