2 Kings 13:8:92 Kgs.13.8.W9TAB
עַל־סֵ֛פֶר
alsefer
“in the book of”
- Transliteration
- al-SE-fer
- Extended
- ahl-SEH-fehr
- IPA
- /ʕal.ˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the book of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-SE-fer
- clause
ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE ye-ho-a-KHAZ ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA u-ge-vu-ra-TO ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The participle ketuvim {כְּתוּבִים | kə-tū-vīm} ‘are written’ paired with al-sefer divrei hayamim {עַל־סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים | ʿal-sē-per dǐv-rê ha-yā-mîm} ‘in the book of chronicles’ specifies the archival source, and lemalchei Yisrael {לְמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | lə-mal-kĕ-̄ḥē Yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘for the kings of Israel’ links the records to the Israelite monarchy. The triadic list of acts, deeds, and might, concluded by a rhetorical question, underscores the authoritative completeness of the royal annals.
Root and etymology
Samekh–Pe–Reshs–p–r
“scroll”
In context — 2 Kings 13:8
And the rest of the deeds of Jehoahaz and all that he did, and his might —are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 13:8, so the Hebrew word עַל־סֵ֛פֶר (alsefer) 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 Kgs.13.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.8.W9.S1) and character.