1 Kings 16:7:141 Kgs.16.7.W14TAB
לְהַכְעִיסוֹ֙
lehakhiso
“to provoke him to anger”
- Transliteration
- le-hakh-i-SO
- Extended
- leh-hahkh-ih-SOH
- IPA
- /ləhaχ.ʕiːˈsoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to provoke him 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-hakh-i-SO
- clause
ve-GAM be-YAD-ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI ha-na-VI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA el-ba-a-SHA ve-EL-BE-to ve-AL kol-ha-ra-A a-sher-a-SA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH le-hakh-i-SO be-ma-a-SE ya-DAV lih-YOT ke-VET ya-rav-AM
- sentence
ve-GAM be-YAD-ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI ha-na-VI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA el-ba-a-SHA ve-EL-BE-to ve-AL kol-ha-ra-A a-sher-a-SA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH le-hakh-i-SO be-ma-a-SE ya-DAV lih-YOT ke-VET ya-rav-AM ve-AL a-sher-hih-KA o-TO
Exegesis
The infinitive lehachiso {לְהַכְעִיסוֹ֙ | lə-hăk-ḥî-sô} with be-maaseh {בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה | bə-ma-‘ă-seh} and yadav {יָדָיו | yā-dā-vî} conveys purpose “to provoke Him by the deeds of his hands.”
Root and etymology
k-ʿ-skaf–ayin–samekh
“to provoke anger”
In context — 1 Kings 16:7
And also by the hand of Jehu son of Hanani the prophet, the word of the LORD came against Baasha and his house for all the evil that he had done in the eyes of the LORD in provoking Him with the work of his hands, in becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck it down.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:7:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 16:7, so the Hebrew word לְהַכְעִיסוֹ֙ (lehakhiso) 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.16.7.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.7.W14.S1) and character.