2 Chronicles 17:12:82 Chr.17.12.W8TAB
בִּירָנִיּ֖וֹת
biraniyot
“fortresses or fortified places”
- Transliteration
- bi-ra-ni-YOT
- Extended
- bih-raa-nee-YOHT
- IPA
- /biːraːnijˈjoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- fortresses or fortified places
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bi-ra-ni-YOT
- clause
va-yiv-BEN bi-ye-hu-DA bi-ra-ni-YOT ve-a-RE mis-ke-NOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI ye-ho-sha-FAT ho-LEKH ve-ga-DEL ad-le-MA-la va-yiv-BEN bi-ye-hu-DA bi-ra-ni-YOT ve-a-RE mis-ke-NOT
Exegesis
The paired nouns biraniyot {בִּירָנִיּ֖וֹת | bi-rā-nî-yōt} “fortresses” and arei miskenot {עָרֵ֥י מִסְכְּנֽוֹת | wə-ʿā-rê mis-kĕ-nōt} “cities of storehouses” balance military fortification with logistical provision. The English preserves the Hebrew’s sequence of vav clauses and parallel noun phrases to reflect both expansion and supply initiatives.
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:12
And Jehoshaphat kept increasing, becoming greater and greater, and he built strongholds in Judah and cities for storehouses .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 17:12, so the Hebrew word בִּירָנִיּ֖וֹת (biraniyot) 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.17.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.12.W8.S1) and character.