2 Kings 17:11:102 Kgs.17.11.W10TAB
לְהַכְעִ֖י
lehakhis
“to provoke to anger”
- Transliteration
- le-hakh-IS
- Extended
- leh-hahkh-EES
- IPA
- /ləhaχˈʕiːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- to provoke to anger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-hakh-IS
- clause
va-ya-a-SU de-va-RIM ra-IM le-hakh-IS ET-Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-kat-TE-ru-SHAM be-KHOL-ba-MOT ka-go-YIM a-SHER-heg-LA Ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE-hem va-ya-a-SU de-va-RIM ra-IM le-hakh-IS ET-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive clause wayyaʿăśū dvarim rāʿîm {וַיַּעַשׂוּ דְּבָרִים רָעִים | wayyaʿăśū dəbārîm rāʿîm} ‘and they did evil things’ summarizes moral failure, and the infinitive lehakhʿis {לְהַכְעִיס | ləhaqqaʿîs} ‘to anger’ with the direct object marker et YHWH emphasizes deliberate provocation of the divine. This structure underscores covenant infidelity and covenantal consequences.
In context — 2 Kings 17:11
And they burned incense there in all the high places like the nations whom the LORD had exiled from before them, and they did evil things to provoke the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 17:11, so the Hebrew word לְהַכְעִ֖י (lehakhis) 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.17.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.11.W10.S1) and character.