Judges 19:17:6Judg.19.17.W6TAB
בִּרְחֹ֣ב
birkhov
“in the open square”
- Transliteration
- bir-KHOv
- Extended
- bihr-KHOHv
- 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 | |
| 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-yi-SA e-NAI-v va-YAR-e et-ha-ISH ha-o-RE-akh bir-KHOv ha-IR
- sentence
va-yi-SA e-NAI-v va-YAR-e et-ha-ISH ha-o-RE-akh bir-KHOv ha-IR va-YO-meR ha-ISH ha-za-KEN a-NA te-LEKH u-me-A-yin ta-VO
Exegesis
The locative birchov ha-ir {בִּרְחֹ֣ב הָעִ֑יר | bi-rḥôv hā-ʿîr} ‘public square of the city’ uses a prepositional construct to situate the scene.
In context — Judges 19:17
And he lifted his eyes and saw the traveler in the city square; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and from where do you come?”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 19:17, so the Hebrew word בִּרְחֹ֣ב (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.19.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.17.W6.S1) and character.