2 Kings 17:33:92 Kgs.17.33.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁר־הִגְל֥וּ
asherhiglu
“whom they exiled”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-hig-LU
- Extended
- ah-shehr-hihg-LOO
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.hɪɣˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom they exiled
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-hig-LU
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-hig-LU o-TAM
- clause
ve-et-e-lo-HE-hem ha-YU o-veh-DIM ke-mish-PAT ha-go-YIM a-sher-hig-LU o-TAM mi-SHAM
- sentence
et-Ye-ho-VAH ha-YU ye-re-IM ve-et-e-lo-HE-hem ha-YU o-veh-DIM ke-mish-PAT ha-go-YIM a-sher-hig-LU o-TAM mi-SHAM
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-higlu otam misham {אֲשֶׁר־הִגְלוּ אֹתָם מִשָּׁם | ʾăšer-hîglû ʾōṯām miššām} identifies those nations as the ones connected with their displacement, providing the historical setting that explains why such mixed worship patterns persisted.
Root and etymology
ʾ-sh-r
“Asherah-pole, wooden cult object”
In context — 2 Kings 17:33
They feared the LORD and they served their gods according to the custom of the nations from which they had been deported.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:33:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 17:33, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־הִגְל֥וּ (asherhiglu) 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.17.33.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.33.W9.S1) and character.