2 Chronicles 13:17:132 Chr.13.17.W13TAB
בָּחֽוּר׃
bakhur
“chosen”
- Transliteration
- ba-KHUR
- Extended
- baa-KHOOR
- IPA
- /baːˈħuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- chosen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ba-KHUR
- phraseyour reading level
ISH ba-KHUR
- clause
mak-KA rab-BA va-yip-LU kha-la-LIM mi-yis-ra-EL kha-MESH-me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR
- sentence
va-yik-KU va-HEM a-vi-YA ve-am-MO mak-KA rab-BA va-yip-LU kha-la-LIM mi-yis-ra-EL kha-MESH-me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR
Exegesis
The large figure is expressed with a Hebrew counting construction, chamesh-meot elef {חֲמֵשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֛לֶף | ḥămēš-mēʾōṯ ʾelep̄} (‘five hundred thousand’), followed by ish bahurim {אִ֖ישׁ בָּחוּרִֽים | ʾîš bāḥûrîm}, a collective-plus-descriptor that presents the dead as able-bodied young men, underscoring the scale and severity of Israel’s defeat.
Root and etymology
b-kh-rbet–chet–resh
“to choose”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:17
And Abijah and his people struck them with a great blow , and 500,000 young men from Israel fell slain.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 13:17, so the Hebrew word בָּחֽוּר׃ (bakhur) 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.13.17.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.17.W13.S1) and character.