2 Chronicles 33:6:92 Chr.33.6.W9TAB
וְֽכִשֵּׁ֔ף
vekhishef
“and practiced sorcery”
- Transliteration
- ve-khi-SHEF
- Extended
- veh-khih-SHEEF
- IPA
- /wəχiʃˈʃeːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and practiced sorcery
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khi-SHEF
- clause
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
- 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
A series of Piel expressions (veʼonen {וְעוֹנֵ֤ן | wə·ʿō·nên} ‘practicing soothsaying’, venichesh {וְנִחֵשׁ֙ | wə·ni·ḥēš} ‘practicing divination’, veʼkishshef {וְֽכִשֵּׁ֔ף | wə·kiš·šēp} ‘practicing sorcery’) enumerates illicit occult practices.
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 33:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 33:6, so the Hebrew word וְֽכִשֵּׁ֔ף (vekhishef) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.33.6.W9.S1) and character.