2 Chronicles 33:6:132 Chr.33.6.W13TAB
הִרְבָּ֗ה
hirba
“he increased”
- Transliteration
- hir-BA
- Extended
- hihr-BAA
- IPA
- /hirˈbaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he increased
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hir-BA
- clause
hir-BA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NEI ye-ho-VAH le-ha-khe-IS-o
- sentence
ve-HU he-e-VIR et-ba-NAIV ba-ESH be-GEI ben-hi-NOM ve-o-NEN ve-ni-KHESH ve-khi-SHEF ve-a-SA OV ve-yid-e-O-ni hir-BA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NEI ye-ho-VAH le-ha-khe-IS-o
Exegesis
The verb hirbah {הִרְבָּ֗ה | hir·bāh} ‘he multiplied’ introduces a summary statement, followed by the infinitive construct laʼasot hara {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֛ע | la·ʿă·šôt hā·rāʿ} ‘to do evil’ with beʼeinei YHWH {בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה | bə·ʿê·nê Yə·hō·wāh} ‘in the eyes of the LORD’.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–beth–he
“to multiply, to increase”
In context — 2 Chronicles 33:6
And he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, and he practiced soothsaying , divination, and sorcery, and he used mediums and spiritists. He multiplied evil greatly in the eyes of the LORD , provoking Him to anger.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 33:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 33:6, so the Hebrew word הִרְבָּ֗ה (hirba) 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.33.6.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.33.6.W13.S1) and character.