2 Chronicles 23:16:32 Chr.23.16.W3TAB
בְּרִ֔ית
berit
“a covenant”
- Transliteration
- be-RIT
- Extended
- beh-REET
- IPA
- /bəˈriːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a covenant
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-RIT
- clause
va-yik-ROT ye-ho-ya-DA be-RIT be-NO u-VEIN KAL-ha-AM u-VEIN ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-ROT ye-ho-ya-DA be-RIT be-NO u-VEIN KAL-ha-AM u-VEIN ha-ME-lekh lih-ye-HOT le-AM la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The direct object is berit {בְּרִית | bə-rît} ‘covenant’.
Root and etymology
b-r-tbet–resh–tav
“to cut; covenant”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:16
Then Jehoiada established a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king, that they would be a people for the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 23:16, so the Hebrew word בְּרִ֔ית (berit) 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.23.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.16.W3.S1) and character.