2 Chronicles 21:2:12 Chr.21.2.W1TAB
וְלֽוֹ־אַחִ֞ים
veloakhim
“and he had brothers”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-a-KHIM
- Extended
- veh-LOH-ah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /wəˈloː.ʔaˈħiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he had brothers
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-a-KHIM
- clause
ve-LO-a-KHIM be-NE ye-ho-sha-FAT a-zar-YA vi-khi-e-EL u-ze-khar-YA-hu va-a-zar-YA-hu u-mi-kha-EL u-she-fat-YA-hu
- sentence
ve-LO-a-KHIM be-NE ye-ho-sha-FAT a-zar-YA vi-khi-e-EL u-ze-khar-YA-hu va-a-zar-YA-hu u-mi-kha-EL u-she-fat-YA-hu KAL-E-le be-NE ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The opening phrase velo-achim {וְלֽוֹ־אַחִ֞ים | wə-lô-ʾăḥîm} ‘and to him, brothers’ is a Hebrew possession idiom that foregrounds the existence of siblings before naming them.
Root and etymology
ʾ-chaleph–chet
“brother”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:2
And he had brothers , the sons of Jehoshaphat : Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariahu, and Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were the sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 21:2, so the Hebrew word וְלֽוֹ־אַחִ֞ים (veloakhim) 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.21.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.2.W1.S1) and character.