2 Kings 17:41:42 Kgs.17.41.W4TAB
יְרֵאִים֙
yereim
“fearing”
- Transliteration
- ye-re-IM
- Extended
- yeh-ree-IM
- IPA
- /jəreːˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- fearing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
ye-re-IM
- clause
va-yi-HYU ha-go-YIM ha-E-le ye-re-IM et-Ye-ho-VAH ve-et-pe-si-LE-hem ha-YU o-ve-DIM
- sentence
va-yi-HYU ha-go-YIM ha-E-le ye-re-IM et-Ye-ho-VAH ve-et-pe-si-LE-hem ha-YU o-ve-DIM gam-be-NE-hem u-ve-NE ve-NE ve-ne-HEM ka-a-SHER a-SU a-vo-TAM HEM o-SIM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
Two participial expressions are set in tension: yərēʾîm {יְרֵאִים֙ | yərēʾîm} ‘fearing’ takes ʾet-YHWH {אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה | ʾet-YHWH} ‘the LORD’ as its object, while hāyû ʿōvədîm {הָי֣וּ עֹֽבְדִ֑ים | hāyû ʿōvədîm} ‘they were serving’ governs wəʾet-pəsîlêhem {וְאֶת־פְּסִֽילֵיהֶ֖ם | wəʾet-pəsîlêhem} ‘and their idols.’ The coordination, without an explicit adversative particle, heightens the irony of simultaneous reverence and idolatrous practice (religious syncretism).
Root and etymology
consonantsYod–Resh–Aleph
“to fear, revere”
In context — 2 Kings 17:41
And these nations feared the LORD , and they were serving their idols ; also their children and their grandchildren, just as their fathers did, they are doing to this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:41:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 17:41, so the Hebrew word יְרֵאִים֙ (yereim) 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.17.41.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.41.W4.S1) and character.