2 Chronicles 20:23:72 Chr.20.23.W7TAB
לְהַחֲרִ֣ים
lehakharim
“to devote to destruction”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-kha-RIM
- Extended
- leh-hah-khah-RIHM
- IPA
- /ləhaħăˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to devote to destruction
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-ha-kha-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
le-ha-kha-RIM u-le-hash-MID
- clause
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
- 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 paired hiphil infinitives lə-ḥaḥărîm ū-lə-šimmîḏ {לְהַחֲרִים וּלְהַשְׁמִיד | lə-ḥaḥărîm ū-lə-šimmîḏ} intensify the scope of destruction, a hyperbolic device emphasizing total eradication.
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 20:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 20:23, so the Hebrew word לְהַחֲרִ֣ים (lehakharim) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.23.W7.S1) and character.