Psalm 18:45:1Ps.18.45.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:46
בְּנֵי־נֵכָ֥ר
beneinekhar
“sons of a foreigner”
- Transliteration
- be-NEI-NE-khar
- Extended
- beh-NEI-NEE-khahR
- IPA
- /bənej.neˈkʰaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- sons of a foreigner
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-NEI-NE-khar
- clause
be-NEI-NE-khar yiv-LU
- sentence
be-NEI-NE-khar yiv-LU ve-yikh-re-GU mi-mis-ge-RO-te-HEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the construct phrase bnei nekar {בְּנֵי־נֵכָר | bə-nê nê-ḵār} ‘sons of foreigners’, marking the enemy group.
Root and etymology
נ־כ־ר
“foreign, strange”
In context — Psalm 18:45
The sons of foreigners will fade away, and they will come trembling out of their enclosures .
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:45:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:45, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵי־נֵכָ֥ר (beneinekhar) 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 Ps.18.45.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.45.W1.S1) and character.