Judges 19:15:8Judg.19.15.W8TAB
בִּרְח֣וֹב
birkhov
“in the open square”
- Transliteration
- bir-khov
- Extended
- bih-rkhohv
- IPA
- /birˈħoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the open square
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
bir-khov
- phraseyour reading level
bir-khov ha-IR
- clause
va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV bir-khov ha-IR ve-EN ISH me-as-SEF-O-tam ha-BAI-ta la-LUN
- sentence
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM la-VO la-LUN ba-giv-A va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV bir-khov ha-IR ve-EN ISH me-as-SEF-O-tam ha-BAI-ta la-LUN
Root and etymology
“broad place, open space”
In context — Judges 19:15
So they turned aside there to enter and lodge in Gibeah , and he went and sat in the open square of the city, but there was no man to receive them into his house to lodge.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 19:15, so the Hebrew word בִּרְח֣וֹב (birkhov) 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.19.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.15.W8.S1) and character.