2 Chronicles 11:14:32 Chr.11.14.W3TAB
אֶת־מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶם֙
etmigreshehem
“the pasture-lands of them”
- Transliteration
- et-mig-re-SHE-hem
- Extended
- eht-mihg-reh-SHEE-hehm
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.miɣ.rəʃeːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the pasture-lands of them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| 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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-mig-re-SHE-hem
- clause
ki-a-ZE-vu hal-le-vi-IM et-mig-re-SHE-hem va-a-khu-za-TAM va-ye-le-KHU li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ki-a-ZE-vu hal-le-vi-IM et-mig-re-SHE-hem va-a-khu-za-TAM va-ye-le-KHU li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LIM ki-hiz-ni-KHAM ya-ra-VA-am u-va-NA-v mik-ka-HEN la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The first clause uses the Qal perfect azvu {עָזְבוּ | ʿā-zə-vû} with a coordinated construct chain migresheihem ve’achuzatam {מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶם וַאֲחֻזָּתָם | mi-grě-šê-hêm və-’ă-ḥû-zā-tām} to enumerate what was relinquished.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–resh–shin
“enclosure, pasture”
In context — 2 Chronicles 11:14
The Levites abandoned their pasturelands and their possession, and they went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had turned them away from serving as priests for the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 11:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 11:14, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶם֙ (etmigreshehem) 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 2 Chr.11.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.11.14.W3.S1) and character.