2 Chronicles 28:3:22 Chr.28.3.W2TAB
הִקְטִ֖יר
hiktir
“he made smoke or he burned incense”
- Transliteration
- hik-tiR
- Extended
- hik-TEEHR
- IPA
- /hiqˈṭiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he made smoke or he burned incense
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hik-tiR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-HU hik-tiR
- clause
ve-HU hik-tiR be-GE ben-hi-NOM
- sentence
ve-HU hik-tiR be-GE ben-hi-NOM va-yav-ER et-ba-NA-v ba-ESH ke-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-RISH ye-ho-VAH mip-ne be-NE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The causative verb hiqṭir {הִקְטִ֖יר | hiq-ṭîr} in the Hiphil perfect conveys ritual combustion as ‘burned incense’.
Root and etymology
q-t-rqof–tav–resh
“to burn incense”
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:3
And he burned incense in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and made his sons pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had driven out from before the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 28:3, so the Hebrew word הִקְטִ֖יר (hiktir) 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.28.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.3.W2.S1) and character.