2 Chronicles 30:11:52 Chr.30.11.W5TAB
נִֽכְנְע֔וּ
nikhneu
“they humbled themselves”
- Transliteration
- nikh-ne-U
- Extended
- nihkh-neh-UU
- IPA
- /nix.nəˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they humbled themselves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
nikh-ne-U
- clause
nikh-ne-U va-ya-VO-u li-ru-sho-LIM
- sentence
akh-a-na-SHIM me-a-SHER u-me-na-SHE u-miz-ze-vu-LUN nikh-ne-U va-ya-VO-u li-ru-sho-LIM
Exegesis
The Niphal perfect nikhneu {נִֽכְנְע֔וּ | niḵnəʿû} presents their response as self-humbling, a yielded posture rather than mere outward compliance.
Root and etymology
consonantsKaf–Nun–Ayin
“to be brought low”
In context — 2 Chronicles 30:11
However, men from Asher, from Manasseh, and from Zebulun humbled themselves , and they went to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 30:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 30:11, so the Hebrew word נִֽכְנְע֔וּ (nikhneu) 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.30.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.30.11.W5.S1) and character.