Numbers 20:17:11Num.20.17.W11TAB
דֶּ֧רֶךְ
derekh
“the way”
- Transliteration
- DE-rekh
- Extended
- DEH-rekh
- IPA
- /ˈdɛrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DE-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
DE-rekh ha-ME-lekh nei-LEKH
- clause
DE-rekh ha-ME-lekh nei-LEKH LO ni-TEH ya-MIN u-se-MOL AD a-SHER-na-a-VOR ge-vu-LE-kha
- sentence
na-av-RAH-NA ve-ar-TSE-kha LO na-a-VOR be-sa-DEH u-ve-KE-rem ve-LO nish-TEH MEI ve-ER DE-rekh ha-ME-lekh nei-LEKH LO ni-TEH ya-MIN u-se-MOL AD a-SHER-na-a-VOR ge-vu-LE-kha
Exegesis
The compound term derekh ha-melekh {דֶּרֶךְ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | de-rekh ham-melekh} functions as the official trade route.
Root and etymology
DRKdalet–resh–kaf
“way, path”
In context — Numbers 20:17
Please let us pass through your land. We will not travel through a field or vineyard, nor will we drink water from a well. We will remain on the king’s road and will not turn aside to the right or to the left until we have gone beyond your border.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 20:17, so the Hebrew word דֶּ֧רֶךְ (derekh) 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 Num.20.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.17.W11.S1) and character.