2 Kings 16:2:112 Kgs.16.2.W11TAB
בְּעֵינֵ֛י
beene
“in the eyes of”
- Transliteration
- be-e-NE
- Extended
- beh-ee-NEE
- IPA
- /bəʕeːˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the eyes of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
be-e-NE
- clause
ve-lo-a-SA ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV ke-da-VID a-VIV
- sentence
ben-E-srim sha-NA a-KHAZ be-mal-KHO ve-shesh-E-sri sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-lo-a-SA ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV ke-da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
The evaluative standard is articulated by bə-ʿē-nêy Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hāv {בְּעֵינֵ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָ֖יו | bə-ʿē-nêy Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hāv} ‘in the eyes of the LORD his God’.
In context — 2 Kings 16:2
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he ruled sixteen years in Jerusalem; yet he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God , as David his father had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 16:2, so the Hebrew word בְּעֵינֵ֛י (beene) 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.16.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.2.W11.S1) and character.