2 Chronicles 22:6:212 Chr.22.6.W21TAB
בְּיִזְרְעֶ֖אל
beyizreel
“in Jezreel”
- Transliteration
- be-yiz-re-EL
- Extended
- beh-yiz-reh-EL
- IPA
- /bəzizrɛˈʕɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Jezreel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-yiz-re-EL
- clause
va-a-zar-ya-HU ven-ye-ho-RAM ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ya-RAD lir-OT et-ye-ho-RAM ben-akh-AV be-yiz-re-EL ki-kho-LE HU
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV le-hit-rap-PE ve-yiz-re-EL KI ha-mak-KIM a-SHER hi-ku-HU va-ra-MA be-hil-la-kha-MO et-kha-za-EL ME-lekh a-RAM va-a-zar-ya-HU ven-ye-ho-RAM ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ya-RAD lir-OT et-ye-ho-RAM ben-akh-AV be-yiz-re-EL ki-kho-LE HU
Exegesis
The repetition of Jezreel {בְיִזְרְעֶאל | bə-yiz-rə-ʿēl} underscores the geographical focus.
Root and etymology
ר־ע־ע
“evil, bad”
In context — 2 Chronicles 22:6
So Joram returned to Jezreel to be healed, because he had been wounded at Ramah when he fought Hazael king of Aram. Then Azariah —that is, Ahaziah—son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was ill.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 22:6:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 2 Chronicles 22:6, so the Hebrew word בְּיִזְרְעֶ֖אל (beyizreel) 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.22.6.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.22.6.W21.S1) and character.