2 Kings 17:20:72 Kgs.17.20.W7TAB
בְּיַד־שֹׁסִ֑ים
beyadshosim
“into the hand of plunderers”
- Transliteration
- be-YAD-sho-SIM
- Extended
- beh-YAHD-shoh-SEEM
- IPA
- /bəˈjad.ʃoːˈsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the hand of plunderers
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-YAD-sho-SIM
- 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 phrase beyad-shosim {בְּיַד־שֹׁסִ֑ים | bə-yad-šōsîm} ‘into the hand of plunderers’ conveys subjugation, while the Hiphil perfect hishlikham {הִשְׁלִיכָ֖ם | hišlîqām} ‘He cast them’ plus the locative mipanav {מִפָּנָֽיו | mi-pānāyw} ‘from before Him’ completes the pattern of expulsion.
Root and etymology
ש-ס-סš-s-s
“plunder”
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 17:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 17:20, so the Hebrew word בְּיַד־שֹׁסִ֑ים (beyadshosim) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.20.W7.S1) and character.