2 Chronicles 23:17:122 Chr.23.17.W12TAB
הָרְג֖וּ
horgu
“they killed”
- Transliteration
- hor-GU
- Extended
- hohr-GOO
- IPA
- /hɔrˈɡuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they killed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hor-GU
- clause
ve-ET ma-TAN ko-HEN ha-AL hor-GU lif-NE ham-miz-be-KHOT
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u khol-ha-AM bet-ha-AL va-yit-tse-TU-hu ve-ET-miz-be-kho-TAI-v ve-ET-tse-la-MAI-v shi-BE-ru ve-ET ma-TAN ko-HEN ha-AL hor-GU lif-NE ham-miz-be-KHOT
Exegesis
The verse features a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs—vayavo’u {וַיָּבֹאוּ | vā-ya-wō-’ū} “they came,” vayyittetzuhu {וַיִּתְּצֻהוּ | vā-yit-te-ṣū-hū} “they demolished it,” shiberu {שִׁבֵּרוּ | šiḇ-ḇê-rû} “they broke,” and hargu {הָרְגוּ | hā-rə-gū} “they killed”—which drives rapid action and communal zeal.
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:17
All the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down; they smashed his altars and his images , and they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 23:17, so the Hebrew word הָרְג֖וּ (horgu) 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.23.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.17.W12.S1) and character.