2 Kings 18:34:72 Kgs.18.34.W7TAB
סְפַרְוַ֖יִם
sefarvayim
“Sepharvaim”
- Transliteration
- se-far-va-YIM
- Extended
- seh-fahr-vah-YEEM
- IPA
- /səfarwaˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sepharvaim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
se-far-va-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HE se-far-va-YIM
- clause
a-YE e-lo-HE kha-MAT ve-ar-PAD a-YE e-lo-HE se-far-va-YIM he-NA ve-i-VA
- sentence
a-YE e-lo-HE kha-MAT ve-ar-PAD a-YE e-lo-HE se-far-va-YIM he-NA ve-i-VA ki-hits-TI-lu et-sho-me-RON mi-ya-DI
Exegesis
Each instance of elohei {אֱלֹהֵ֨י | ʾĕlōhê} ‘gods of’ forms a construct chain with the following city names—ḥamat {חֲמָ֜ת | ḥă·māṯ}, ʾarpād {אַרְפָּ֗ד | ʾăr·pāḏ}, sepharvayim {סְפַרְוַ֖יִם | səpharvayim}, hena {הֵנַ֣ע | hēnāʿ}, ivvāh {עִוָּ֑ה | ʿivvāh}—creating parallelism that underscores their collective impotence.
Root and etymology
s-p-rs-p-r
“to count, inscribe”
In context — 2 Kings 18:34
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did they deliver Samaria from my hand?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:34:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 18:34, so the Hebrew word סְפַרְוַ֖יִם (sefarvayim) 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.18.34.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.34.W7.S1) and character.