2 Kings 14:28:152 Kgs.14.28.W15TAB
כְּתוּבִ֗ים
ketuvim
“written”
- Transliteration
- ke-tu-VIM
- Extended
- keh-too-VEEM
- IPA
- /kə.tuːˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- written
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-tu-VIM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM
- 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 ya-rav-AM ve-khol-a-SHER a-SA u-ge-vu-ra-TO a-sher-nil-KHAM va-a-SHER he-SHIV et-dam-ME-sek ve-et-kha-MAT li-ye-hu-DA be-yis-ra-EL ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The concluding interrogative halo hem ketuvim {הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים | ha-lō hēm kə-tu-vîm} ‘are they not recorded’ functions as the standard rhetorical closure in royal annals.
Root and etymology
k-t-vkaf–tav–bet
“to write”
In context — 2 Kings 14:28
And the remainder of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his valor , how he fought, and how he recovered Damascus and Hamath for Israel—territories once belonging to Judah—are they not recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:28:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 14:28, so the Hebrew word כְּתוּבִ֗ים (ketuvim) 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.14.28.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.28.W15.S1) and character.