1 Kings 16:33:71 Kgs.16.33.W7TAB
לְהַכְעִיס֙
lehakhis
“to provoke to anger”
- Transliteration
- le-hakh-IS
- Extended
- leh-hahkh-IHS
- 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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-hakh-IS
- clause
va-yo-SEF akh-AV la-a-SOT le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH a-lo-HE yis-ra-EL mi-KOL mal-KHE yis-ra-EL a-SHER ha-YU le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-ya-AS akh-AV et-ha-a-she-RA va-yo-SEF akh-AV la-a-SOT le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH a-lo-HE yis-ra-EL mi-KOL mal-KHE yis-ra-EL a-SHER ha-YU le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The infinitive constructs la'asot {לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת | laʿăśōt} ‘to do’ and lehakhiis {לְהַכְעִיס֙ | lə-hakhʿîs} ‘to provoke to anger’ form a purpose clause indicating deliberate offense.
Root and etymology
k-ʿ-skaf–ayin–samekh
“to provoke anger”
In context — 1 Kings 16:33
And Ahab made an Asherah pole and did more to provoke the LORD the God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:33:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 16:33, so the Hebrew word לְהַכְעִיס֙ (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.16.33.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.33.W7.S1) and character.