2 Kings 17:20:32 Kgs.17.20.W3TAB
בְּכָל־זֶ֤רַע
bekholzera
“among all the offspring of”
- Transliteration
- be-KHOL-ZE-ra
- Extended
- beh-KHOL-ZEH-rah
- IPA
- /bəˈχol.ˈzɛ.raʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- among all the offspring 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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KHOL-ZE-ra
- phraseyour reading level
be-KHOL-ZE-ra yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yim-AS Ye-ho-VAH be-KHOL-ZE-ra yis-ra-EL va-ye-a-NEM va-yit-te-NEM be-YAD-sho-SIM
- sentence
va-yim-AS Ye-ho-VAH be-KHOL-ZE-ra yis-ra-EL va-ye-a-NEM va-yit-te-NEM be-YAD-sho-SIM AD a-SHER hish-li-KHAM mi-pa-NAV
Exegesis
The construct bekhol-zer’a {בְּכָל־זֶ֤רַע | bə-kōl-zéraʿ} ‘in all offspring’ underscores the totality of the judgment.
Root and etymology
“bad, evil, harm”
In context — 2 Kings 17:20
And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He cast them out from before His presence .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 17:20, so the Hebrew word בְּכָל־זֶ֤רַע (bekholzera) 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.17.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.20.W3.S1) and character.