2 Chronicles 21:7:152 Chr.21.7.W15TAB
נִ֛יר
nir
“a lamp”
- Transliteration
- NIR
- Extended
- NEER
- IPA
- /ˈniːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a lamp
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
NIR
- phraseyour reading level
la-TET LO NIR
- clause
ve-kha-a-SHER a-MAR la-TET LO NIR u-le-va-NAIV kol-ha-ya-MIM
- sentence
ve-LO-A-VA ye-ho-VAH le-hash-KHIT et-BET da-VID le-MA-an ha-be-RIT a-SHER ka-RAT le-da-VID ve-kha-a-SHER a-MAR la-TET LO NIR u-le-va-NAIV kol-ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The final segment vekaasher amar latet lo nir {וְכַאֲשֶׁר אָמַר לָתֵת ל֥וֹ נִיר | wə-ḵaʾăšer ʾāmar lāṯēṯ lô nîr} ties the preservation of David’s house to YHWH’s spoken promise, with vekaasher {וְכַאֲשֶׁר | wə-ḵaʾăšer} carrying an explanatory sense (“as/since He said”).
The metaphor nir {נִיר | nîr} ‘lamp’ communicates continuing legitimacy and continuity of the royal line, reinforced by the duration phrase kol-hayamim {כָּל־הַיָּמִים | kōl-hayyāmîm} ‘all the days.’
Root and etymology
consonantsNun–Vav–Resh
“light”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:7
Yet the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David, for the sake of the covenant that He made with David, and as He said, to give him a lamp and to his sons for all the days.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:7:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 21:7, so the Hebrew word נִ֛יר (nir) 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.21.7.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.7.W15.S1) and character.