2 Chronicles 12:15:42 Chr.12.15.W4TAB
וְהָאֲ֣חַרוֹנִ֔ים
vehaakharonim
“and the last ones”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM
- Extended
- veh-haa-ah-khah-roh-NEEM
- IPA
- /vəhaː.ʔă.ħa.roːˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the last ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM
- clause
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
- 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 paired adjectives harishonim ve-ha’aḥaronim {הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְהָאֲחַרוֹנִים | ha-rîšhōnîm və-ha-’aḥărōnîm} ‘the first and the last’ form a merism denoting the full span of Rehoboam’s reign.
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 12:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 12:15, so the Hebrew word וְהָאֲ֣חַרוֹנִ֔ים (vehaakharonim) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.15.W4.S1) and character.