2 Kings 16:18:92 Kgs.16.18.W9TAB
הֵסֵ֖ב
hesev
“he turned aside or redirected”
- Transliteration
- he-SEV
- Extended
- hee-SEEV
- IPA
- /heːˈseːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- he turned aside or redirected
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-SEV
- clause
ve-ET-mi-sakh MU-sakh ha-sha-BAT a-sher-ba-NU ba-BA-yit ve-ET-me-VO ha-ME-lekh ha-khi-tso-NA he-SEV BET Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ET-mi-sakh MU-sakh ha-sha-BAT a-sher-ba-NU ba-BA-yit ve-ET-me-VO ha-ME-lekh ha-khi-tso-NA he-SEV BET Ye-ho-VAH mi-pe-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The clause culminates in the single verb hēsēḇ {הֵסֵב | hēsēḇ} ‘he diverted/rerouted’ governing both preceding objects, a common Hebrew pattern where one verb summarizes actions applied to a coordinated list.
Root and etymology
consonantsSamekh–Bet–Bet
“to turn about”
In context — 2 Kings 16:18
And the Sabbath covered way that they had built in the house, and the king’s outer entrance, he diverted from the house of the LORD because of the king of Assyria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 16:18, so the Hebrew word הֵסֵ֖ב (hesev) 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.16.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.18.W9.S1) and character.