1 Kings 13:2:241 Kgs.13.2.W24TAB
יִשְׂרְפ֥וּ
yisrefu
“will be burned”
- Transliteration
- yis-re-FU
- Extended
- yihs-reh-FOO
- IPA
- /jis.rəˈfuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be burned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
yis-re-FU
- phraseyour reading level
yis-re-FU a-LE-kha
- clause
hin-NE-BEN no-LAD le-VET-da-VID yo-shi-YA-hu she-MO ve-za-VAKH a-LE-kha et-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT ha-mak-ti-RIM a-LE-kha ve-ats-MOT a-DAM yis-re-FU a-LE-kha
- sentence
va-yik-RA al-ha-miz-BE-akh bid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER miz-BE-akh miz-BE-akh KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-BEN no-LAD le-VET-da-VID yo-shi-YA-hu she-MO ve-za-VAKH a-LE-kha et-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT ha-mak-ti-RIM a-LE-kha ve-ats-MOT a-DAM yis-re-FU a-LE-kha
Exegesis
The sequence of future verbs wəzābaḥ and yiśrēp̄ū {וְזָבַח ... יִשְׂרְפ֥וּ | wə-zā-baḥ ... yiś-rē-p̄ū} conveys inevitable divine judgment within a solemn prophetic rhythm.
In context — 1 Kings 13:2
And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD , and said, “Altar, altar, thus says the LORD: A son will be born to the house of David—Josiah by name—and on you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones will be burned on you.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:2:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of 1 Kings 13:2, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרְפ֥וּ (yisrefu) 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 Kgs.13.2.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.2.W24.S1) and character.