2 Chronicles 14:13:172 Chr.14.13.W17TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:12
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
harbe
“much”
- Transliteration
- har-BE
- Extended
- hahr-BEH
- IPA
- /harˈbeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- much
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
har-BE
- phraseyour reading level
har-BE me-OD
- sentence
va-yir-de-FEM a-SA ve-ha-AM a-SHER-im-MO ad-li-ge-RAR va-yip-POL mi-ku-SHIM le-EN la-HEM mi-khe-YA ki-nish-be-RU lif-ne-YE-ye-ho-VAH ve-lif-ne-YE ma-kha-NE-hu va-yis-SU sha-LAL har-BE me-OD
Exegesis
Finally, wayyissəʾû šālāl harbəh meʾôḏ {וַיִּשְּׂאוּ שָׁלָל הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד | wayyissəʾû šālāl harbəh meʾôḏ} ‘and they carried off plunder much exceedingly’ uses a standard spoils idiom, which English smooths as “carried off exceedingly much plunder.”
Root and etymology
r-b-b
“many, much”
In context — 2 Chronicles 14:13
And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Cushites fell so that none remained alive for them, because they were crushed before the LORD and before His camp; then they carried off exceedingly much plunder .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 14:13:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Chronicles 14:13, so the Hebrew word הַרְבֵּ֥ה (harbe) 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.14.13.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.13.W17.S1) and character.