2 Chronicles 15:8:182 Chr.15.8.W18TAB
אֶפְרָ֑יִם
efrayim
“Ephraim”
- Transliteration
- e-fra-YIM
- Extended
- eh-frah-YEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛf.rɔːˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ephraim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-fra-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
me-HAR e-fra-YIM
- clause
ve-khish-MO-a A-sa ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-leh ve-ha-ne-vu-A o-DED ha-na-VI hit-kha-ZAK va-ya-a-VER ha-shi-ku-TSIM mi-KAL-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN u-min-he-a-RIM a-SHER la-KHAD me-HAR e-fra-YIM
- sentence
ve-khish-MO-a A-sa ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-leh ve-ha-ne-vu-A o-DED ha-na-VI hit-kha-ZAK va-ya-a-VER ha-shi-ku-TSIM mi-KAL-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN u-min-he-a-RIM a-SHER la-KHAD me-HAR e-fra-YIM va-ye-kha-DESH et-miz-BE-akh ye-ho-VAH a-SHER lif-NE u-LAM ye-ho-VAH
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:8
And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he strengthened himself and removed the abominations from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured from the hill-country of Ephraim. And he renewed the altar of the LORD which was before the porch of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:8:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Chronicles 15:8, so the Hebrew word אֶפְרָ֑יִם (efrayim) 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.15.8.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.8.W18.S1) and character.