1 Chronicles 19:3:151 Chr.19.3.W15TAB
וְלַהֲפֹ֤ךְ
velahafokh
“and to overthrow”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-ha-FOKH
- Extended
- veh-lah-hah-FOHKH
- IPA
- /vəla.hăˈfoːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to overthrow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-ha-FOKH
- phraseyour reading level
lakh-KOR ve-la-ha-FOKH u-le-rag-GEL
- clause
ha-LO ba-a-VUR lakh-KOR ve-la-ha-FOKH u-le-rag-GEL ha-A-rets ba-U a-va-DAV e-LE-kha
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU sa-RE ve-NE-a-MON le-kha-NUN ham-kha-BED da-VID et-a-VI-kha be-e-NE-kha ki-sha-LAKH le-KHA me-na-kha-MIM ha-LO ba-a-VUR lakh-KOR ve-la-ha-FOKH u-le-rag-GEL ha-A-rets ba-U a-va-DAV e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The triadic infinitives ba-avur lachkor velhafokh ule-raggel {בַּ֠עֲבוּר לַחְקֹ֨ר וְלַהֲפֹךְ וּלְרַגֵּל | ba‘ăḇūr & laḥqôr & wə-laḥappōḵ & ûlə-raggēl} underscore the perceived threat of espionage, subversion, and spying.
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:3
And the commanders of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, “Is David truly honoring your father in your eyes because he has sent comforters to you? Is it not rather for the purpose of searching, overthrowing, and spying out the land that his servants have come to you?”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Chronicles 19:3, so the Hebrew word וְלַהֲפֹ֤ךְ (velahafokh) 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 1 Chr.19.3.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.3.W15.S1) and character.