2 Chronicles 17:9:42 Chr.17.9.W4TAB
סֵ֖פֶר
sefer
“a book”
- Transliteration
- SE-fer
- Extended
- SEE-fehr
- IPA
- /ˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a book
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SE-fer
- clause
va-ye-lam-ME-du bi-ye-hu-DA ve-im-MA-hem SE-fer to-RAT Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-lam-ME-du bi-ye-hu-DA ve-im-MA-hem SE-fer to-RAT Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-SO-bu be-khol-a-RE ye-hu-DA va-ye-lam-ME-du ba-AM
Exegesis
The phrase biYehudah {בִּיהוּדָה | bīhūdāh} localizes the activity in Judah, and veimmahem {וְעִמָּהֶם | weʿimmāhem} ‘and with them’ links the teachers to their instrument, sefer torat YHWH {סֵפֶר תּוֹרַת יְהוָה | sêp̄er tôrat Yəhōwāh} ‘Book of the Law of the LORD’.
Root and etymology
Rootsamekh–pe–resh
“to write, record, count”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:9
And they taught in Judah, and with them was the Book of the Law of the LORD . They went about through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 17:9, so the Hebrew word סֵ֖פֶר (sefer) 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.17.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.9.W4.S1) and character.