2 Chronicles 25:12:132 Chr.25.12.W13TAB
נִבְקָֽעוּ׃
nivkau
“were split open or dashed to pieces”
- Transliteration
- niv-ka-U
- Extended
- nihv-kah-OO
- IPA
- /nivqaˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were split open or dashed to pieces
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
niv-ka-U
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khu-LAM niv-ka-U
- clause
va-ya-shli-KHU-m me-ROSH-ha-SE-la ve-khu-LAM niv-ka-U
- sentence
va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM kha-YIM sha-VU be-NEI ye-hu-DA va-ye-vi-U-m le-ROSH ha-sa-LA va-ya-shli-KHU-m me-ROSH-ha-SE-la ve-khu-LAM niv-ka-U
Exegesis
The concluding wəkullām {וְכֻלָּ֥ם | wəkullām} ‘and all of them’ adds totality, and the shift to the Niphal nivqeu {נִבְקָֽעוּ | niḇqāʿû} ‘were split open’ presents the outcome as complete devastation rather than an ongoing action.
Root and etymology
consonantsbet–qof–ayin
“to split open”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:12
And the sons of Judah captured ten thousand alive and brought them to the top of the cliff, and they hurled them from the top of the cliff, and all of them were split open.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 25:12, so the Hebrew word נִבְקָֽעוּ׃ (nivkau) 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.25.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.12.W13.S1) and character.