1 Kings 16:26:101 Kgs.16.26.W10TAB
לְהַכְעִ֗י
lehakhis
“to provoke to anger”
- Transliteration
- le-hakh-IS
- Extended
- leh-hahkh-EES
- IPA
- /ləhaχˈʕiːs/
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-hakh-IS
- clause
le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT u-ve-kha-ta-TAI-v u-ve-kha-TA-to a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM
Exegesis
The infinitive lehaqʿis {לְהַכְעִ֗יס | lə-ḥaq-‘îs} ‘to provoke to anger’ expresses purpose.
Root and etymology
k-ʿ-skaf–ayin–samekh
“to provoke anger”
In context — 1 Kings 16:26
He walked in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he caused Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:26:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 16:26, so the Hebrew word לְהַכְעִ֗י (lehakhis) 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.16.26.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.26.W10.S1) and character.