2 Chronicles 21:16:72 Chr.21.16.W7TAB
וְהָ֣עַרְבִ֔ים
vehaarbevim
“and the Arabians”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ar-be-VIM
- Extended
- veh-haa-ahr-beh-VEEM
- IPA
- /wəhaː.ʕar.vəˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the Arabians
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ve-ha-ar-be-VIM
- sentence
va-ya-AR Ye-ho-VAH al-ye-ho-RAM ET RU-akh ha-pe-li-shi-TIM ve-ha-ar-be-VIM a-SHER al-YAD ku-SHIM
Exegesis
The coordinated noun phrase rûaḥ ha-pə-lish-tim wə-hā-ʿarvîm {ר֤וּחַ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּים וְהָעַרְבִים | rūaḥ ha-pə-lish-tim wə-hā-ʿar-vim} ‘the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs’ attributes an external impulse to these nations.
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:16
And the LORD aroused against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs who were beside the Cushites.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 21:16, so the Hebrew word וְהָ֣עַרְבִ֔ים (vehaarbevim) 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.21.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.16.W7.S1) and character.