2 Chronicles 12:15:142 Chr.12.15.W14TAB
רְחַבְעָ֛ם
rekhavaam
“Rehoboam”
- Transliteration
- re-kha-VA-am
- Extended
- reh-khah-VAA-ahm
- IPA
- /rə.ħa.vɔˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Rehoboam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
re-kha-VA-am
- phraseyour reading level
u-mil-kha-MOT re-kha-VA-am
- clause
u-mil-kha-MOT re-kha-VA-am ve-ya-ra-VA-am KAL-ha-ya-MIM
- sentence
ve-div-RE re-kha-VA-am ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM be-div-RE she-ma-ya ha-na-VI ve-id-DO ha-kho-ZE le-hit-ya-KHES u-mil-kha-MOT re-kha-VA-am ve-ya-ra-VA-am KAL-ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The second clause’s u-mil-ḥa-môṯ Reḥaḇ‘am və-ya-rō-ḇa‘am kōl ha-yā-mîm {וּמִלְחֲמוֹת רְחַבְעָם וְיָרָבְעָם כָּל־הַיָּמִים | u-mil-ḥa-mōt Reḥaḇ‘ām və-yā-rā-ḇa‘ām kōl ha-yā-mîm} uses vav and kol in a distributive idiom ‘throughout their days’ to link ongoing warfare. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew ellipsis and rhetorical question to highlight the reliability of the written account and the persistence of conflict.
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:15
And the words of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam continued throughout their days.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:15:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 12:15, so the Hebrew word רְחַבְעָ֛ם (rekhavaam) 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.12.15.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.15.W14.S1) and character.