2 Chronicles 2:9:102 Chr.2.9.W10TABWLC 2 Chronicles 2:8
וְהַפְלֵֽא׃
vehafle
“and wonderful”
- Transliteration
- ve-haf-LE
- Extended
- veh-hahf-LEE
- IPA
- /vəhafˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and wonderful
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-haf-LE
- phraseyour reading level
ga-DOL ve-haf-LE
- clause
KI ha-BA-yit a-SHER-a-NI vo-NE ga-DOL ve-haf-LE
- sentence
u-le-ha-KHIN LI E-tsim la-ROV KI ha-BA-yit a-SHER-a-NI vo-NE ga-DOL ve-haf-LE
Exegesis
The adjectives gadol {גָּד֔וֹל | gā-dôl} ‘great’ and the Hifil imperative hafle {וְהַפְלֵ֖א | wə-hap-p̄lēʾ} ‘surpassing’ coordinate to emphasize the scale and wonder of the structure. English uses an imperative for the infinitive, preserves the causal linkage and relative clause, and retains the coordinated adjectives to reflect the Hebrew emphasis on purpose and magnitude.
Root and etymology
p-l-ʾ
“to be wonderful”
In context — 2 Chronicles 2:9
And prepare wood for me in abundance, for the house which I am building is great and extraordinary .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 2:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 2:9, so the Hebrew word וְהַפְלֵֽא׃ (vehafle) 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.2.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.2.9.W10.S1) and character.