2 Chronicles 15:16:62 Chr.15.16.W6TAB
מִגְּבִירָ֔ה
miggevira
“from {being} queen mother or lady”
- Transliteration
- mig-ge-vi-RA
- Extended
- mihg-geh-vee-RAA
- IPA
- /mig.gəviːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from {being} queen mother or lady
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mig-ge-vi-RA
- clause
ve-GAM-ma-a-KHA EM a-SA ha-ME-lekh he-si-RAH mig-ge-vi-RA a-sher-a-SE-ta la-a-she-RA mif-la-TSET
- sentence
ve-GAM-ma-a-KHA EM a-SA ha-ME-lekh he-si-RAH mig-ge-vi-RA a-sher-a-SE-ta la-a-she-RA mif-la-TSET va-yik-ROT a-SA et-mif-lats-TAH va-DAK va-yis-ROF be-NA-khal kid-RON
Exegesis
The main clause centers on the causative verb hesirah {הֱסִירָהּ֙ | hĕsîrāh} “he removed her,” whose complement migvirah {מִגְּבִירָ֔ה | miggəḇîrāh} specifies removal from an official court role, not merely personal disfavor.
Root and etymology
consonantsGimel–Bet–Resh
“to be strong”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:16
Moreover, King Asa removed Maakah, his mother, from her role as queen mother , because she had made a horrifying image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the Wadi Kidron.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 15:16, so the Hebrew word מִגְּבִירָ֔ה (miggevira) 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.15.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.16.W6.S1) and character.