2 Chronicles 24:21:42 Chr.24.21.W4TAB
אֶ֖בֶן
even
“stone”
- Transliteration
- E-ven
- Extended
- EH-vehhn
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.vɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- stone
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
E-ven
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-ge-MU-hu E-ven
- clause
va-yik-she-RU a-LA-v va-yir-ge-MU-hu E-ven be-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-she-RU a-LA-v va-yir-ge-MU-hu E-ven be-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh ba-kha-TSAR BET Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive verb, vayirgemuhu {וַיִּרְגְּמֻהוּ | vayyirgəmûhû} ‘and they stoned him’, advances the action, with even {אֶבֶן | ʾēven} as the instrumental object.
Root and etymology
b-nbet–nun
“son”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:21
But they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the command of the king, in the courtyard of the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 24:21, so the Hebrew word אֶ֖בֶן (even) 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.24.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.21.W4.S1) and character.