2 Kings 18:13:12 Kgs.18.13.W1TAB
וּבְאַרְבַּע֩
uvearba
“and in four”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-AR-ba
- Extended
- oo-veh-AR-bah
- IPA
- /uːvəˈʔar.baʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in four
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ve-AR-ba
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-AR-ba e-se-RE sha-NA
- sentence
u-ve-AR-ba e-se-RE sha-NA la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA a-LA san-khe-RIV ME-lekh-a-shur AL KAL-a-RE ye-hu-DA ha-be-tsu-ROT va-yit-pe-SEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal marker uv’arba esreh shanah {וּבְאַרְבַּע֩ עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה שָׁנָ֜ה | u-və-ʾar-ba‘ ʿeś-rêh šā-nāh} ‘and in the fourteenth year.’
Root and etymology
r-b-b
“chief, great one”
In context — 2 Kings 18:13
And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria went up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 18:13, so the Hebrew word וּבְאַרְבַּע֩ (uvearba) 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.18.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.13.W1.S1) and character.