2 Kings 15:16:122 Kgs.15.16.W12TAB
כָּל־הֶהָ֥רוֹתֶ֖יהָ
kalheherateha
“all her pregnant women”
- Transliteration
- kal-he-he-ra-TE-ha
- Extended
- kaal-heh-heh-rah-TOH-tee-hah
- IPA
- /kɔːl.hɛhɔːroːˈteːhɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- all her pregnant women
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kal-he-he-ra-TE-ha
- clause
ET kal-he-he-ra-TE-ha bik-KE-a
- sentence
AZ yak-KE-me-na-KHEM et-tif-SAKH ve-et-kal-a-SHER-BA ve-et-ge-vu-LE-ha mi-tir-TSA KI LO pa-TAKH va-YAKH ET kal-he-he-ra-TE-ha bik-KE-a
Exegesis
The conjunctions ve-et {וְאֶת | wə-ʾet} coordinate the targets kol ʾăšer bah {כָּל אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ | kol ʾă-šer baḥ} ‘all who were in it’ and gəvulehā {גְּבוּלֶיהָ | gə-vu-le-hā} ‘its borders.’
Root and etymology
h-r-hhe–resh–he
“to conceive”
In context — 2 Kings 15:16
Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and everyone in it, along with its territory from Tirzah, because it refused to open , and he struck all its pregnant women , ripping them open.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 15:16, so the Hebrew word כָּל־הֶהָ֥רוֹתֶ֖יהָ (kalheherateha) 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.15.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.16.W12.S1) and character.