2 Chronicles 12:7:92 Chr.12.7.W9TAB
נִכְנְע֖וּ
nikhneu
“they have humbled themselves”
- Transliteration
- nikh-ne-U
- Extended
- nihkh-neh-OO
- IPA
- /nix.nəˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they have humbled themselves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
nikh-ne-U
- clause
u-vir-OT ye-ho-VAH KI nikh-na-U ha-YA de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-she-ma-YA le-MOR nikh-ne-U LO ash-khi-TEM
- sentence
u-vir-OT ye-ho-VAH KI nikh-na-U ha-YA de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-she-ma-YA le-MOR nikh-ne-U LO ash-khi-TEM ve-na-TI la-HEM kim-AT lif-le-TA ve-LO-tit-TAKH kha-ma-TI bi-ru-sha-LIM be-YAD-shi-SHAK
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the causal clause with nîk-nāʿû {נִכְנָעוּ | they humbled themselves}, a Nifal perfect emphasizing voluntary submission, repeated to frame the subsequent divine declaration.
Root and etymology
k-n-‘kaf–nun–ayin
“to humble, submit”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:7
And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves , the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but I will give them a small measure of deliverance, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 12:7, so the Hebrew word נִכְנְע֖וּ (nikhneu) 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.12.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.7.W9.S1) and character.