2 Chronicles 20:22:112 Chr.20.22.W11TAB
וְהַר־שֵׂעִ֛יר
veharseir
“and Mount Seir”
- Transliteration
- ve-har-se-IR
- Extended
- veh-hahr-seh-EER
- IPA
- /vəharsɛˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Mount Seir
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-har-se-IR
- phraseyour reading level
mo-AV ve-har-se-IR
- sentence
u-ve-ET he-KHE-lu ve-rin-NA u-te-hil-LA na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH me-a-re-VIM al-be-NEI a-MON mo-AV ve-har-se-IR ha-ba-IM li-ye-hu-DA va-yin-na-GE-fu
Exegesis
The object me’arvim {מְאָֽרְבִים | mə-ʾār-vîm} ‘ambushers’ is governed by the prepositional phrase al-benei {עַל־בְּנֵ֨י | ʿal-bə-nê} ‘against the sons of,’ listing Ammon, Moab, and ve-har-seir {וְהַר־שֵׂעִ֛יר | wə-har-sê-ʿîr} ‘and Mount Seir.’
Root and etymology
ר־שׁ־ע
“to act wickedly, be guilty”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:22
And at the time they began with joyful shouting and praise, the LORD set ambushers against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who were coming against Judah, and they were struck down .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:22:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 20:22, so the Hebrew word וְהַר־שֵׂעִ֛יר (veharseir) 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.20.22.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.22.W11.S1) and character.