2 Chronicles 32:2:52 Chr.32.2.W5TAB
וּפָנָ֕יו
ufanav
“and his face, or his purpose”
- Transliteration
- u-fa-NAV
- Extended
- oo-faa-NAV
- IPA
- /uːfaːˈnaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his face, or his purpose
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
u-fa-NAV
- clause
u-fa-NAV lam-mil-kha-MA al-ye-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
va-YAR ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ki-VA san-khe-RIV u-fa-NAV lam-mil-kha-MA al-ye-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The idiom ufanav la-milchamah {וּפָנָ֕יו לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה | ūpānāw lammilḥāmāh} ‘his face toward the war’ conveys determined intent.
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:2
And Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that his face was set for war against Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 32:2, so the Hebrew word וּפָנָ֕יו (ufanav) 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.32.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.2.W5.S1) and character.