2 Chronicles 33:8:42 Chr.33.8.W4TAB
אֶת־רֶ֣גֶל
etregel
“the foot of”
- Transliteration
- et-RE-gel
- Extended
- eht-REH-gehl
- IPA
- /ʔɛt‿ˈrɛɣɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- the foot of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
et-RE-gel
- phraseyour reading level
et-RE-gel yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-LO o-SIF le-ha-SIR et-RE-gel yis-ra-EL me-AL ha-a-da-MA a-SHER he-e-ma-DTI la-a-vo-TE-khem
- sentence
ve-LO o-SIF le-ha-SIR et-RE-gel yis-ra-EL me-AL ha-a-da-MA a-SHER he-e-ma-DTI la-a-vo-TE-khem RAK im-yish-me-RU la-a-SOT ET kal-a-SHER tsi-vi-TIM le-khol-ha-to-RA ve-ha-khu-KIM ve-ha-mish-pa-TIM be-yad-mo-SHE
Exegesis
The infinitive lehasir {לְהָסִיר֙ | lə-hā-sîr} expresses the action being withheld, and the idiom et-regel yiśrael {אֶת־רֶגֶל יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾet-rē-gel yiś-rā-ʾēl} functions as a national foothold metaphor.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–gimel–lamed
“foot, step”
In context — 2 Chronicles 33:8
I will not again remove the foot of Israel from upon the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them—all the Torah and the statutes and the judgments by the hand of Moses.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 33:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 33:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־רֶ֣גֶל (etregel) 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.33.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.33.8.W4.S1) and character.