2 Kings 14:18:62 Kgs.14.18.W6TAB
עַל־סֵ֛פֶר
alsefer
“on book of”
- Transliteration
- al-SE-fer
- Extended
- ahl-SEH-fehr
- IPA
- /ʕalˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- on 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-REI ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHEI ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-REI a-mats-ya-HU ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-REI ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHEI ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The participle ketuvim {כְּתוּבִים | kə-tū-vîm} “written” with al-sefer {עַל־סֵ֛פֶר | ʿal-sê-fer} “in the book” denotes formal archival recording.
Root and etymology
s-p-rsame letters
“to write, recount”
In context — 2 Kings 14:18
And the rest of the deeds of Amaziah—are they not inscribed in the book of annals of the kings of Judah ?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 14:18, 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.14.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.18.W6.S1) and character.