2 Kings 17:24:72 Kgs.17.24.W7TAB
וּסְפַרְוַ֔יִם
usefarvayim
“and Sepharvaim”
- Transliteration
- u-se-far-va-YIM
- Extended
- oo-seh-fahr-vah-YEEM
- IPA
- /u.sfɑr.vaˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Sepharvaim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-se-far-va-YIM
- clause
va-ya-VE ME-lekh-a-SHUR mi-ba-VEL u-mi-ku-TA u-me-a-VA u-me-kha-MAT u-se-far-va-YIM va-yo-SHEV be-a-RE sho-me-RON TA-khat be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-VE ME-lekh-a-SHUR mi-ba-VEL u-mi-ku-TA u-me-a-VA u-me-kha-MAT u-se-far-va-YIM va-yo-SHEV be-a-RE sho-me-RON TA-khat be-NE yis-ra-EL va-yir-SHU et-sho-me-RON va-ye-she-VU be-a-re-HA
In context — 2 Kings 17:24
And the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria as a substitute for the Israelites. Then they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 17:24, so the Hebrew word וּסְפַרְוַ֔יִם (usefarvayim) 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.17.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.24.W7.S1) and character.