Judges 18:29:4Judg.18.29.W4TAB
בְּשֵׁם֙
beshem
“by the name of”
- Transliteration
- be-SHEM
- Extended
- beh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /bəˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the name 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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-SHEM
- clause
va-yik-re-U shem-ha-IIR DAN be-SHEM DAN a-vi-HEM a-SHER yu-LAD le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yik-re-U shem-ha-IIR DAN be-SHEM DAN a-vi-HEM a-SHER yu-LAD le-yis-ra-EL ve-u-LAM LA-yish shem-ha-IIR la-ri-sho-NA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-shem Dan avihem {בְּשֵׁם דָּן אֲבִיהֶם | bəššēm Dān ʾăbîhêm} ‘in the name of Dan their father’ provides the eponymous rationale.
In context — Judges 18:29
They named the city Dan , after Dan their father who was born to Israel; but the city had previously been called Laish .
About this coordinate
Judges 18:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 18:29, so the Hebrew word בְּשֵׁם֙ (beshem) 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.18.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.29.W4.S1) and character.