Psalm 18:8:7Ps.18.8.W7TABWLC Psalms 18:9
בָּעֲרוּ
baaru
“blazed”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-RU
- Extended
- baa-ah-ROO
- IPA
- /bɔʕăˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- blazed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ba-a-RU
- 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 focus shifts to solid fuel, gechalim {גֶּחָלִים | ge-ḥā-lîm} ‘coals’, with ba'aru {בָּעֲרוּ | bā-ʿă-rū} ‘they burned’, and mimennu {מִמֶּנּוּ | mi-mén-nū} ‘from him’ marking God as the source. This tight Hebrew poetic structure, marked by coordination and temporal progression, is rendered in English by preserving clause order and using a semicolon to mirror the original’s dramatic buildup.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–ayin–resh
“to burn, consume”
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 18:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Psalm 18:8, so the Hebrew word בָּעֲרוּ (baaru) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.8.W7.S1) and character.