2 Kings 14:26:52 Kgs.14.26.W5TAB
מֹרֶ֣ה
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“bitter”
- Transliteration
- mo-RE
- Extended
- moh-REH
- IPA
- /moːˈrɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- bitter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mo-RE
- phraseyour reading level
mo-RE me-OD
- clause
KI-ra-A ye-ho-VAH et-o-NI yis-re-EL mo-RE me-OD
- sentence
KI-ra-A ye-ho-VAH et-o-NI yis-re-EL mo-RE me-OD ve-E-fes a-TSUR ve-E-fes a-ZUV ve-EN o-ZER le-yis-re-EL
Exegesis
The attributive pair moreh mē’ōḏ {מֹרֶה מְאֹד | mōrê mē’ōḏ} ‘bitter and very’ intensifies the noun.
Root and etymology
מ־ר־ה
“to be bitter”
In context — 2 Kings 14:26
Because the LORD saw the affliction of Israel and that it was very bitter , and there was no one left—neither confined nor free—and there was no helper for Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 14:26, so the Hebrew word מֹרֶ֣ה (more) 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.14.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.26.W5.S1) and character.