2 Kings 18:23:22 Kgs.18.23.W2TAB
הִתְעָ֣רֶב
hiterarev
“enter a wager or make a bet”
- Transliteration
- hit-e-RA-rev
- Extended
- hit-eh-RAA-rehv
- IPA
- /hit.ʕaːˈrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- enter a wager or make a bet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
hit-e-RA-rev
- phraseyour reading level
hit-e-RA-rev NA
- clause
ve-a-TA hit-e-RA-rev NA et-a-do-NI et-ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
ve-a-TA hit-e-RA-rev NA et-a-do-NI et-ME-lekh a-SHUR ve-et-e-NA le-KHA al-pa-YIM su-SIM im-tu-KHAL la-TET le-KHA ro-khe-VIM a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The hithpael imperative hit’arev {הִתְעָ֣רֶב | hit-‘ā-rēḇ} expresses a reciprocal challenge.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–resh–beth
“to pledge, guarantee”
In context — 2 Kings 18:23
And now, please make a wager with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses if you are able to provide riders for them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 18:23, so the Hebrew word הִתְעָ֣רֶב (hiterarev) 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.18.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.23.W2.S1) and character.