1 Kings 16:13:121 Kgs.16.13.W12TAB
לְהַכְעִ֗י
lehakis
“to provoke to anger”
- Transliteration
- le-hak-IS
- Extended
- leh-hahk-EES
- IPA
- /ləhaxˈʕiːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- to provoke to anger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-hak-IS
- clause
a-SHER kha-te-U va-a-SHER he-khe-ti-U et-yis-ra-EL le-hak-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM
- sentence
EL kol-kha-to-OT ba-a-SHA ve-kha-to-OT e-LA ve-NO a-SHER kha-te-U va-a-SHER he-khe-ti-U et-yis-ra-EL le-hak-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM
Exegesis
The infinitive le-hach’is {לְהַכְעִיס | lə-ḥaḵ-ʼîs} ‘to provoke’ functions as a purpose clause targeting et-Yisra’el {אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʻeṯ Yiś-rā-ʼēl} ‘Israel’ and et-YHWH Elohei Yisra’el {אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʻeṯ Yə-hō-wāh ʼĕ-lō-hê Yiś-rā-ʼēl} ‘the LORD the God of Israel’, with the prepositional phrase be-havleihem {בְּהַבְלֵיהֶם | bə-hav-lê-hem} ‘with their vanities’ indicating the means of provocation. The parallel structure of sin and provocation highlights the causative relationship between human actions and divine reaction.
Root and etymology
k-ʿ-skaf–ayin–samekh
“to provoke anger”
In context — 1 Kings 16:13
Because of all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they committed and by which they caused Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD the God of Israel with their vanities .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 16:13, so the Hebrew word לְהַכְעִ֗י (lehakis) 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.16.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.13.W12.S1) and character.