2 Kings 17:6:142 Kgs.17.6.W14TAB
נְהַ֥ר
nehar
“river of”
- Transliteration
- ne-HAR
- Extended
- neh-HAR
- IPA
- /nəˈhar/
Meaning by language
- English
- river of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ne-HAR
- phraseyour reading level
ne-HAR go-ZAN
- clause
va-yo-SHEV o-TAM ba-kh-LAKH u-ve-kha-VOR ne-HAR go-ZAN ve-a-REI ma-DAI
- sentence
bish-NAT hat-te-shi-IIT le-ho-SHE-a la-KHAD ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-shom-RON va-ye-GEL et-yis-ra-EL a-SHU-ra va-yo-SHEV o-TAM ba-kh-LAKH u-ve-kha-VOR ne-HAR go-ZAN ve-a-REI ma-DAI
Exegesis
The construct phrase nehargozan {נְהַ֥ר גּוֹזָ֖ן | nəh-ar go-zān} ‘river of Gozan’ and the compound vearēi madai {וְעָרֵ֥י מָדָֽי | wə-‘ā-rê mā-dāy} ‘towns of Media’ form a distributive listing of exile locations.
In context — 2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and exiled Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah and in Habor, by the river of Gozan, and in the towns of Media .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:6:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 17:6, so the Hebrew word נְהַ֥ר (nehar) 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.17.6.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.6.W14.S1) and character.