2 Chronicles 20:23:132 Chr.20.23.W13TAB
אִישׁ־בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ
ishbereehu
“a man against his companion”
- Transliteration
- ish-be-re-E-HU
- Extended
- ihsh-beh-reh-EE-hoo
- IPA
- /ʔiːʃ.bəreːˈʕeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man against his companion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ish-be-re-E-HU
- phraseyour reading level
a-ze-RU ish-be-re-E-HU
- clause
u-khe-kha-lo-TAM be-yo-she-VE se-IR a-ze-RU ish-be-re-E-HU le-mash-KHIT
- sentence
va-ya-am-DU be-NE a-MON u-mo-AV al-yo-she-VE har-se-IR le-ha-kha-RIM u-le-hash-MID u-khe-kha-lo-TAM be-yo-she-VE se-IR a-ze-RU ish-be-re-E-HU le-mash-KHIT
Exegesis
The distributive ’îš bərē‘êhû {אִישׁ־בְּרֵעֵהוּ | ʼîš bərē‘êhû} ‘each man his companion’ underscores mutual violence. English preserves this threefold progression with coordinated infinitives, a temporal clause, and parallel structure to mirror the Hebrew narrative momentum.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to dwell, inhabit”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:23
The sons of Ammon and Moab rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly destroy and annihilate them. And when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped each man his companion toward destruction .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:23:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 20:23, so the Hebrew word אִישׁ־בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ (ishbereehu) 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.20.23.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.23.W13.S1) and character.