2 Chronicles 20:7:142 Chr.20.7.W14TAB
אֹֽהַבְךָ֖
ohavkha
“your friend or one who loves you”
- Transliteration
- o-hav-KHA
- Extended
- oh-hahv-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʔoːhavˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your friend or one who loves you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
o-hav-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
av-ra-HAM o-hav-KHA
- clause
va-tit-NA le-ZE-ra av-ra-HAM o-hav-KHA le-o-LAM
- sentence
ha-LO a-TA e-lo-HE-nu ho-rash-TA ET-yo-she-VE ha-A-rets ha-ZOT mi-lif-NE am-me-KHA yis-ra-EL va-tit-NA le-ZE-ra av-ra-HAM o-hav-KHA le-o-LAM
Exegesis
The participle ohavekha {אֹהַבְךָ | ʾō-ḥäv-ḵā} ‘your friend’ and the temporal modifier leolam {לְעוֹלָם | lə-ʿō-lām} ‘forever’ complete the clause, highlighting enduring covenant relationship.
Root and etymology
ʾ-h-baleph–heh–bet
“to love”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:7
Is it not You, our God , who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham, Your friend, forever?
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:7:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 20:7, so the Hebrew word אֹֽהַבְךָ֖ (ohavkha) 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.20.7.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.7.W14.S1) and character.