בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֣י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֣י

   be-yar-ke-TE

   in the recesses
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֣י הַר־אֶפְרַ֔יִם

   be-yar-ke-TE har-e-fra-YIM

   in the recesses of the hill country of Ephraim
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֣י אִ֣ישׁ לֵוִ֗י גָּ֚ר בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֣י הַר־אֶפְרַ֔יִם וַיִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה פִילֶ֔גֶשׁ מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָֽה׃

   va-ye-HI ISH le-VI GAR be-yar-ke-TE har-e-fra-YIM va-yik-KAKH-lo i-SHA pi-LE-gesh mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA

   and there was a man a Levite sojourning in the recesses of the hill country of Ephraim and he took for himself a woman a concubine from the house of Bethlehem Judah
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִי֙ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם וּמֶ֖לֶךְ אֵ֣ין בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיְהִ֣י אִ֣ישׁ לֵוִ֗י גָּ֚ר בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֣י הַר־אֶפְרַ֔יִם וַיִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה פִילֶ֔גֶשׁ מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָֽה׃

   va-ye-HI ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM u-ME-lekh EN be-yis-ra-EL va-ye-HI ISH le-VI GAR be-yar-ke-TE har-e-fra-YIM va-yik-KAKH-lo i-SHA pi-LE-gesh mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA

   and it was in the days those and a king there was not in Israel and there was a man a Levite sojourning in the recesses of the hill country of Ephraim and he took for himself a woman a concubine from the house of Bethlehem Judah

Exegesis

The construct phrase beyarketei har-ephrayim {בְּיַרְכְּתֵי הַר־אֶפְרַיִם | bə-yar-kə-ṯê hăr ʾep·ray·yîm} ‘in the outskirts of the hill country of Ephraim’ underlines geographic marginality.