2 Chronicles 28:8:32 Chr.28.8.W3TAB
מֵֽאֲחֵיהֶ֜ם
meakhehem
“from their brothers or kinsmen”
- Transliteration
- me-a-KHE-hem
- Extended
- mee-ah-khee-HEH-eem
- IPA
- /meː.ʔăħeːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from their brothers or kinsmen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
me-a-KHE-hem
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-BU be-NE-Yis-ra-EL me-a-KHE-hem
- clause
va-yish-BU be-NE-Yis-ra-EL me-a-KHE-hem ma-A-ta-yim E-lef na-SHIM ba-NIM u-va-NOT ve-gam-sha-LAL RAV baz-ZU me-HEM
- sentence
va-yish-BU be-NE-Yis-ra-EL me-a-KHE-hem ma-A-ta-yim E-lef na-SHIM ba-NIM u-va-NOT ve-gam-sha-LAL RAV baz-ZU me-HEM va-ya-VI-u et-ha-sha-LAL le-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mē-ʾaḥêhem {מֵאֲחֵיהֶם | mēʾăḥêhem} indicates the source of the captives, underscoring intra-tribal conflict.
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Chet
“brother”
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:8
And the sons of Israel took captive from their brothers two hundred thousand—women, sons, and daughters—and they also took much spoil from them and carried the spoil to Samaria .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 28:8, so the Hebrew word מֵֽאֲחֵיהֶ֜ם (meakhehem) 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.28.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.8.W3.S1) and character.