2 Chronicles 25:4:72 Chr.25.4.W7TAB
בְּסֵ֣פֶר
besefer
“in the book of”
- Transliteration
- be-SE-fer
- Extended
- beh-SEE-fehr
- IPA
- /bəˈseːfɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the book of
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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
be-SE-fer
- phraseyour reading level
be-SE-fer mo-SHE a-SHER-tsi-VA ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI kha-ka-TUV ba-to-RA be-SE-fer mo-SHE a-SHER-tsi-VA ye-ho-VAH le-MOR lo-ya-MU-tu a-VOT al-ba-NIM u-va-NIM lo-ya-MU-tu al-a-VOT KI ISH be-khe-TO ya-MU-tu
- sentence
ve-ET-be-ne-HEM LO he-MIT KI kha-ka-TUV ba-to-RA be-SE-fer mo-SHE a-SHER-tsi-VA ye-ho-VAH le-MOR lo-ya-MU-tu a-VOT al-ba-NIM u-va-NIM lo-ya-MU-tu al-a-VOT KI ISH be-khe-TO ya-MU-tu
Root and etymology
s-p-rsamekh–pe–resh
“book”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:4
Yet he refrained from putting their sons to death, because it is written in the Law in the Book of Moses that the LORD commanded: “Fathers shall not die for their children, and children shall not die for their fathers; each one shall die for his own sin .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 25:4, so the Hebrew word בְּסֵ֣פֶר (besefer) 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.25.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.4.W7.S1) and character.