2 Chronicles 16:12:102 Chr.16.12.W10TAB

וְגַם־בְּחָלְיוֹ֙

vegambekhalyo

and also in his sickness

Transliteration
ve-gam-be-khal-YO
Extended
veh-gahm-beh-khaal-YOH
IPA
/vəɣam.bəħɔlˈjoː/

Meaning by language

English
and also in his sickness

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + גַם + בְּ + חָלְ + יוֹ֙
ve + gam + be + khal + yo
vegambekhalyo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Gimelg as in good
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-gam-be-khal-YO

  2. clause

    ve-gam-be-khal-YO lo-da-RASH et-ye-ho-VAH KI ba-ro-fe-IM

  3. sentence

    va-ye-khe-LE a-SA bish-NA-t she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha le-mal-khu-TO be-rag-LA-v ad-le-ma-a-LA khal-YO ve-gam-be-khal-YO lo-da-RASH et-ye-ho-VAH KI ba-ro-fe-IM

Exegesis

The locative phrase be-raglāyw {בְּרַגְלָיו | bə-raglāyw} ‘in his feet’ specifies where the illness appeared, followed by the degree clause ʿad-lə-maʿālā ḥālyō {עַד־לְמַעְלָה חָלְי֑וֹ | ʿad-lə-maʿālā ḥālyō} ‘until his sickness became very severe’, using ʿad to mark intensity.

Root and etymology

RootHeh–Lamed–Heh

to be sick or weak

In context2 Chronicles 16:12

And Asa became ill in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, his sickness was in his feet until it reached a critical severity. Even in his illness he did not seek the LORD , but only consulted the physicians .

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 16:12:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 16:12, so the Hebrew word וְגַם־בְּחָלְיוֹ֙ (vegambekhalyo) 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.16.12.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.12.W10.S1) and character.