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
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
be-a-PO
- 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 context — Psalm 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.