2 Chronicles 16:3:142 Chr.16.3.W14TAB
הָפֵ֣ר
hafer
“break”
- Transliteration
- ha-FER
- Extended
- haa-FEER
- IPA
- /haːˈfeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- break
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-FER
- phraseyour reading level
ha-FER be-RIT-kha
- clause
hi-NE sha-lakh-TI le-KHA KE-sef ve-za-HAV LEKH ha-FER be-RIT-kha et-ba-sha ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ve-ya-a-LE me-a-LAI
- sentence
be-RIT be-NI u-ve-NE-kha u-VEIN a-VI u-VEIN a-VI-kha hi-NE sha-lakh-TI le-KHA KE-sef ve-za-HAV LEKH ha-FER be-RIT-kha et-ba-sha ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ve-ya-a-LE me-a-LAI
Exegesis
The Qal perfect shalachti {שָׁלַ֤חְתִּי | šā-laḥ-tî} ‘I have sent’ presents the gifts as a completed action, which sets up the imperatives lech {לֵ֞ךְ | lê-ḵ} ‘go’ and hafer {הָפֵ֣ר | hā-pêr} ‘break.’
Root and etymology
p-r-rpe–resh–resh
“break, annul”
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:3
There is a covenant between me and you, just as there was between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you silver and gold. Go and break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 16:3, so the Hebrew word הָפֵ֣ר (hafer) 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.16.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.3.W14.S1) and character.