2 Kings 14:25:22 Kgs.14.25.W2TAB
הֵשִׁיב֙
heshiv
“he restored or he brought back”
- Transliteration
- he-SHIV
- Extended
- heh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /heːˈʃiːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- he restored or he brought back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-SHIV
- clause
HU he-SHIV et-ge-VUL yis-ra-EL mil-le-VO kha-MAT ad-YAM ha-a-ra-VA
- sentence
HU he-SHIV et-ge-VUL yis-ra-EL mil-le-VO kha-MAT ad-YAM ha-a-ra-VA kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER dib-BER be-YAD-av-DO yo-NA ben-a-mit-TAI ha-na-VI a-SHER mig-GAT ha-KHE-fer
Exegesis
The verse begins with the independent pronoun hu {הוּא | hû} ‘he’ referring to King Jeroboam II, followed by the Hiphil perfect verb heshiv {הֵשִׁיב | hê-šîw} ‘restored’ and its direct object et-gevul {אֶת־גְּבוּל | ʾeṯ-geb-hûl} ‘the boundary.’
Root and etymology
shin–vav–bet
“to restore”
In context — 2 Kings 14:25
He reestablished Israel’s border from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD , the God of Israel , delivered through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet of Gath Hepher.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 14:25, so the Hebrew word הֵשִׁיב֙ (heshiv) 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.14.25.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.25.W2.S1) and character.