2 Chronicles 18:20:82 Chr.18.20.W8TAB
אֲפַתֶּ֑נּוּ
afattenu
“I will entice him”
- Transliteration
- a-fat-TE-nu
- Extended
- ah-fah-TEH-noo
- IPA
- /ʔăfatˈtɛn.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will entice him
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-fat-TE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
a-NI a-fat-TE-nu
- clause
va-ye-TS E ha-RU-akh va-ya-a-MOD lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER a-NI a-fat-TE-nu
- sentence
va-ye-TS E ha-RU-akh va-ya-a-MOD lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER a-NI a-fat-TE-nu va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH e-LAV ba-MA
Exegesis
The spirit’s Hiphil imperfect afattennu {אֲפַתֶּ֑נּוּ | ʾă-pat-te-nû} ‘I will entice him’ conveys causative intent, and the interrogative bammah {בַּמָּֽה | ba-māh} ‘by what’ closes with a direct inquiry into method.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:20
And the spirit went out and stood before the LORD , and said, “I will entice him.” And the LORD said to him, “By what means?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 18:20, so the Hebrew word אֲפַתֶּ֑נּוּ (afattenu) 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.18.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.20.W8.S1) and character.