2 Kings 17:11:42 Kgs.17.11.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר־הֶגְלָ֥ה
asherhegla
“whom he exiled”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-heg-LA
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-hehg-LAA
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.heɣˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom he exiled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-heg-LA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-heg-LA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-kat-TE-ru-SHAM be-KHOL-ba-MOT ka-go-YIM a-SHER-heg-LA Ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE-hem
- 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
The relative clause asher heglah YHWH mipneihem {אֲשֶׁר־הֶגְלָה יְהוָה מִפְּנֵיהֶם | ʾăšer hēgəlāh Yəhōwāh mippenêhem} ‘whom the LORD had exiled from before them’ uses the Hiphil perfect to recall prior divine judgment.
Root and etymology
ʾ-sh-r
“Asherah-pole, wooden cult object”
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 17:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 17:11, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־הֶגְלָ֥ה (asherhegla) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.11.W4.S1) and character.