2 Kings 18:20:42 Kgs.18.20.W4TAB
וּגְבוּרָ֖ה
ugevura
“and might”
- Transliteration
- u-ge-vu-RA
- Extended
- oo-geh-voo-RAA
- IPA
- /uːɣəvuːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and might
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ge-vu-RA
- phraseyour reading level
E-tsa u-ge-vu-RA
- clause
a-MAR-ta akh-de-VAR-se-fa-TA-yim E-tsa u-ge-vu-RA la-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
a-MAR-ta akh-de-VAR-se-fa-TA-yim E-tsa u-ge-vu-RA la-mil-kha-MA a-TA al-MI va-TAKH-ta KI ma-RAD-ta BI
Exegesis
The paired nouns etsah u-gevurah {עֵצָה וּגְבוּרָה | ʿêṣāh u-gevōrāh} ‘counsel and strength’ are linked by vav and specified as intended la-milchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-milḥāmāh} ‘for the war’.
Root and etymology
b-w-rbet–waw–resh
“pit, cistern”
In context — 2 Kings 18:20
You have said, “It is only words of the lips —counsel and strength for war.” Now upon whom have you trusted that you have rebelled against me?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 18:20, so the Hebrew word וּגְבוּרָ֖ה (ugevura) 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.18.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.20.W4.S1) and character.