2 Kings 17:23:22 Kgs.17.23.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁר־הֵסִ֨יר
asherhesir
“that he removed”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-he-SIR
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-heh-SEER
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.heːˈsiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he removed
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-he-SIR
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-he-SIR Ye-ho-VAH et-yis-ra-EL
- clause
AD a-SHER-he-SIR Ye-ho-VAH et-yis-ra-EL me-AL pa-NAV ka-a-SHER dib-BER be-YAD kal-a-va-DAV han-ne-vi-IM
- sentence
AD a-SHER-he-SIR Ye-ho-VAH et-yis-ra-EL me-AL pa-NAV ka-a-SHER dib-BER be-YAD kal-a-va-DAV han-ne-vi-IM va-yi-GEL yis-ra-EL me-AL ad-ma-TO a-shu-RA ad ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The Hiphil perfect hesir {הֵסִיר | hēsîr} ‘removed’ conveys active divine agency.
Root and etymology
Roots-w-r
“to remove, turn aside”
In context — 2 Kings 17:23
Until the LORD removed Israel from His presence, just as He spoke by the hand of all His servants the prophets , and exiled Israel from His land to Assyria, until this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 17:23, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־הֵסִ֨יר (asherhesir) 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.17.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.23.W2.S1) and character.