2 Kings 17:28:132 Kgs.17.28.W13TAB
יִֽירְא֥וּ
yireu
“they should fear”
- Transliteration
- yi-re-U
- Extended
- yih-ree-OO
- IPA
- /jiːrˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they should fear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yi-re-U
- phraseyour reading level
yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-HI mo-RE o-TAM EKH yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-LU mish-sho-me-RON va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT-EL va-ye-HI mo-RE o-TAM EKH yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The interrogative adverb eykh {אֵיךְ | ê-ykh} introduces the instruction governed by the cohortative yir’u {יִירְאוּ | yi-rᵊʾû}, “should fear.”
Root and etymology
consonantsYod–Resh–Aleph
“to fear, to revere”
In context — 2 Kings 17:28
Then one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came and settled in Bethel, and he became their teacher, instructing them how they should fear the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:28:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 17:28, so the Hebrew word יִֽירְא֥וּ (yireu) 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.17.28.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.28.W13.S1) and character.