2 Chronicles 19:2:162 Chr.19.2.W16TAB
קֶּ֔צֶף
ketsef
“wrath”
- Transliteration
- KE-tsef
- Extended
- KEH-tsehf
- IPA
- /ˈqːɛt͡sɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- wrath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
KE-tsef
- phraseyour reading level
a-LE-kha KE-tsef
- clause
u-va-ZOT a-LE-kha KE-tsef mi-lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-TSAY el-pa-NA-v ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI ha-kho-ZE va-yo-MER el-ha-ME-lekh ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-la-ra-SHA la-e-ZOR u-le-so-ne-E ye-ho-VAH te-e-HAV u-va-ZOT a-LE-kha KE-tsef mi-lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The causal conjunction u-bazot {וּבָזֹאת֙ | ū-ḇā-zōṯ} ‘because of this’ introduces the result clause, which uses ‘aleikha ketsef milifnei YHWH {עָלֶיךָ קֶצֶף מִלִּפְנֵי יְהוָה | ʿā-le-ḵā qe-ṣēp̄ mi-lip̄-nē Yə-hō-wāh} to highlight the immediate source of divine wrath. The Hebrew sequencing of challenge then consequence is preserved to maintain rhetorical impact.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–tsade–pe
“anger, wrath”
In context — 2 Chronicles 19:2
Jehu son of Hanani, the seer , came out to meet him and spoke to King Jehoshaphat, “Is it fitting for you to aid the wicked and to love those who hate the LORD ? Because of this, wrath from the LORD has come upon you.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 19:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 19:2, so the Hebrew word קֶּ֔צֶף (ketsef) 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.19.2.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.19.2.W16.S1) and character.