2 Chronicles 18:16:92 Chr.18.16.W9TAB
רֹעֶ֑ה
roe
“a shepherd”
- Transliteration
- ro-E
- Extended
- roh-EH
- IPA
- /roːˈʕɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a shepherd
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ro-E
- clause
va-yo-MER ra-I-ti et-KOL-yis-ra-EL ne-fo-TSIM al-he-ha-RIM ka-TSON a-SHER en-la-HEN ro-E
- sentence
va-yo-MER ra-I-ti et-KOL-yis-ra-EL ne-fo-TSIM al-he-ha-RIM ka-TSON a-SHER en-la-HEN ro-E va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH lo-a-do-NIM la-EL-le ya-SHU-vu ish-le-VE-to be-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The simile katson {כַּצֹּאן | ka-ṣō-’an} ‘like sheep’ is qualified by the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} ‘that’ with the negative construction ein lahen ro’eh {אֵין־לָהֶן רֹעֶה | ’ên lā-hen rō-’eh} ‘they have no shepherd’.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-hresh–ayin–heh
“evil, harm”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:16
He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd; and the LORD said, ‘They have no masters ; let each return to his house in peace.’”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 18:16, so the Hebrew word רֹעֶ֑ה (roe) 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.18.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.16.W9.S1) and character.