2 Chronicles 13:7:42 Chr.13.7.W4TAB
רֵקִים֙
rekim
“empty ones”
- Transliteration
- re-KIM
- Extended
- reh-KEEM
- IPA
- /reːˈqiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- empty ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| 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
re-KIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-na-SHIM re-KIM
- clause
va-yik-KA-be-tsu a-LAIV a-na-SHIM re-KIM be-NE be-li-YA-al va-yit-a-ME-tsu al-re-kha-VA-am ben-she-lo-MO
- sentence
va-yik-KA-be-tsu a-LAIV a-na-SHIM re-KIM be-NE be-li-YA-al va-yit-a-ME-tsu al-re-kha-VA-am ben-she-lo-MO u-re-kha-VA-am ha-YA NA-ar ve-rakh-LE-vav ve-LO hit-kha-ZEK lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The sequence anashim reqim benei beliyaal {אֲנָשִׁים רֵקִים בְּנֵי בְלִיַּעַל | ʾănāšîm rēqîm benê bəlîyaʿal} piles up descriptive labels in an appositional string, rhetorically intensifying the condemnation of the group’s character.
Root and etymology
consonantsResh–Qof–Qof
“to be empty”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:7
And worthless men, sons of Belial , gathered against him and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon; and Rehoboam was a youth and tender of heart, and he did not strengthen himself before them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 13:7, so the Hebrew word רֵקִים֙ (rekim) 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.13.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.7.W4.S1) and character.