2 Kings 14:9:132 Kgs.14.9.W13TAB
בַּלְּבָנוֹן֙
ballevanon
“in Lebanon”
- Transliteration
- bal-le-va-NON
- Extended
- bahl-leh-vah-NOHN
- IPA
- /bal.ləvaːˈnoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- in Lebanon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bal-le-va-NON
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER bal-le-va-NON
- clause
va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA le-MOR ha-KHO-akh a-SHER bal-le-va-NON sha-LAKH el-ha-E-rez a-SHER bal-le-va-NON le-MOR te-NA-et-bit-te-KHA liv-NI le-ish-SHA
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA le-MOR ha-KHO-akh a-SHER bal-le-va-NON sha-LAKH el-ha-E-rez a-SHER bal-le-va-NON le-MOR te-NA-et-bit-te-KHA liv-NI le-ish-SHA va-ta-a-VOR kha-YAT has-sa-DE a-SHER bal-le-va-NON va-tir-MOS et-ha-KHO-akh
Exegesis
The particle lēʾmōר {לֵאמֹר | lēʾmōר} introduces direct discourse framed as an anthropomorphic dialogue: the thistle hachoach {הַחֹחַ | ha-ḥōḥaḥ} ‘thistle’ and the cedar hā-ʾerez {הָאֶרֶז | hā-ʾerez} ‘cedar’ each modified by relative clauses with ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ and their location in balbanôn {בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן | balbanôn} ‘Lebanon’.
Root and etymology
l-v-blamed–bet–bet
“heart”
In context — 2 Kings 14:9
And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “A thistle in Lebanon sent to a cedar there, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild beast of the field in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 14:9, so the Hebrew word בַּלְּבָנוֹן֙ (ballevanon) 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.14.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.9.W13.S1) and character.