Numbers 21:1:9Num.21.1.W9TAB
דֶּ֖רֶךְ
derekh
“by the way”
- Transliteration
- DE-rekh
- Extended
- DEH-rekh
- IPA
- /ˈdɛrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- by 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
- clause
va-yish-MA hak-ke-na-a-NI ME-lekh-a-RAD yo-SHEV han-NE-gev KI BA yis-ra-EL DE-rekh ha-a-ta-RIM
- sentence
va-yish-MA hak-ke-na-a-NI ME-lekh-a-RAD yo-SHEV han-NE-gev KI BA yis-ra-EL DE-rekh ha-a-ta-RIM va-yil-la-KHEM be-yis-ra-EL va-yish-BE mi-men-NU she-VI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase derekh ha’atarim {דֶּ֖רֶךְ הָאֲתָרִ֑ים | de-reḵ ha-’a-tā-rîm} “the way of Atharim” defines the route.
Root and etymology
ד־ר־ך
“path”
In context — Numbers 21:1
When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some captives.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 21:1, so the Hebrew word דֶּ֖רֶךְ (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.21.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.1.W9.S1) and character.