2 Kings 14:9:162 Kgs.14.9.W16TAB
לִבְנִ֖י
livni
“to my son”
- Transliteration
- liv-NI
- Extended
- lihv-NEE
- IPA
- /livˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to my son
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
liv-NI
- phraseyour reading level
te-NA-et-bit-te-KHA liv-NI
- 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
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 14:9:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 14:9, so the Hebrew word לִבְנִ֖י (livni) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.9.W16.S1) and character.