Psalm 18:8:3Ps.18.8.W3TABWLC Psalms 18:9

בְּאַפּוֹ

beapo

from his nostrils

Transliteration
be-a-PO
Extended
beh-aa-POH
IPA
/bəʔaːˈpoː/

Meaning by language

English
from his nostrils

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + אַ + פּוֹ
be + a + po
beapo

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Pep with dagesh; f without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-a-PO

  2. sentence

    a-LE-ta a-SHAN be-a-PO ve-ESH-MI-PIV to-a-KHEL ge-KHA-lim ba-a-RU mi-ME-nu

Exegesis

The verb alah {עָלָה | ʿā-lāh} ‘went up’ introduces smoke in the prepositional phrase be-appo {בְּאַפּוֹ | bə-ʾappō} ‘in his nostrils’.

In contextPsalm 18:8

Smoke went up from His nostrils, and fire from His mouth devours ; coals burned from Him.

About this coordinate

Psalm 18:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 18:8, so the Hebrew word בְּאַפּוֹ (beapo) 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.18.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.8.W3.S1) and character.