בְּשָׁל֑וֹם (bə·šā·lō·wm) in Genesis 15:15: Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
בְּשָׁל֑וֹם (bə·šā·lō·wm) in Genesis 15:15
Source Word
At Genesis 15:15, the source token בְּשָׁל֑וֹם is H7965, Prep-b | N-ms. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
In peace naturally renders beth as attendant condition with the well-being noun. Abram will not personally endure the foretold enslavement but will reach old age and burial under God's peaceful care.
How To Communicate It
Explain in peace as the condition of Abram's departure and hold it with the promise of ripe old age and burial.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not make beth mean that death itself is harmless or use this phrase alone as a complete doctrine of conscious afterlife.
- Peace here can include welfare and an untroubled end, not merely absence of interpersonal conflict.
- Read in peace within Genesis 15:15 as this H7965 occurrence; broader theology requires the passage.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-nominal
Noun
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Not applicable
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Masculine
Singular
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Preposition b
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This prepositional phrase describes the quality of Abram's departure; the imperfect verb carries the future promise.
Beth marks attendant circumstance with the masculine singular peace noun, modifying the future going clause.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The manner or condition in which Abram will go to his fathers
God's personal reassurance within the prophecy of later affliction
The beth-prefixed noun describes Abram's deathward departure as occurring in peace or well-being.
The phrase does not deny death or by itself define the afterlife condition expressed by going to one's fathers.
How Much The Form Matters Here
Moderate: Abram will not personally endure the foretold enslavement but will reach old age and burial under God's peaceful care.
Beth marks attendant circumstance with the masculine singular peace noun, modifying the future going clause.. The beth-prefixed noun describes Abram's deathward departure as occurring in peace or well-being.. Attached to the manner or condition in which Abram will go to his fathers. Governed by God's personal reassurance within the prophecy of later affliction. The phrase does not deny death or by itself define the afterlife condition expressed by going to one's fathers.
What does in peace promise Abram amid the prophecy of suffering? It assures him of a well-ordered personal end before the descendants' later oppression unfolds.
Direct: In peace naturally renders beth as attendant condition with the well-being noun.
Peace here can include welfare and an untroubled end, not merely absence of interpersonal conflict. Going to your fathers has its own idiomatic significance; this form guide covers the accompanying peace phrase.
Peace means avoidance of death: The sentence pairs peace with burial, promising manner rather than immortality. preposition proves afterlife details: Beth marks condition; broader teaching about the dead requires additional texts.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
At Genesis 15:15, the source token בְּשָׁל֑וֹם is H7965, Prep-b | N-ms. The BSB+ word table row therefore anchors this guide.
שָׁלוֹם is the lemma behind in peace here. Within Genesis 15:15, H7965 retains this exact lexical identity.
Beth marks attendant circumstance with the masculine singular peace noun, modifying the future going clause.
Abram will not personally endure the foretold enslavement but will reach old age and burial under God's peaceful care.
Covenant peace can accompany mortality, while resurrection hope must be established from the wider canon.
Explain in peace as the condition of Abram's departure and hold it with the promise of ripe old age and burial.
Do not make beth mean that death itself is harmless or use this phrase alone as a complete doctrine of conscious afterlife.