2 Kings 18:4:172 Kgs.18.4.W17TAB
בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
veneyisrael
“sons of Israel”
- Transliteration
- ve-NE-Yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- veh-NEE-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /vənɛː.jis.raːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- sons of Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-NE-Yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YU ve-NE-Yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-khi-TAT ne-KHASH han-ne-KHO-shet a-sher-a-SA mo-SHE KI ad-ha-ya-MIM ha-HE-ma ha-YU ve-NE-Yis-ra-EL me-kat-te-RIM LO va-yik-RA-LO ne-khush-TAN
- sentence
HU he-SIR et-ha-ba-MOT ve-shi-BAR et-ha-mat-tse-VOT ve-kha-RAT et-ha-a-she-RA ve-khi-TAT ne-KHASH han-ne-KHO-shet a-sher-a-SA mo-SHE KI ad-ha-ya-MIM ha-HE-ma ha-YU ve-NE-Yis-ra-EL me-kat-te-RIM LO va-yik-RA-LO ne-khush-TAN
Exegesis
The causal clause כִּי עַד־הַיָּמִים הָהֵמָּה hayu bnei-yisrael meqattērîm lo {כִּי עַד־הַיָּמִים הָהֵמָּה הָיוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מְקַטְּרִים לֹו | kî ʿad-ha-yāmîm hā-hēmmah hā-yû bnê-yisrāʾēl məqattērîm lōw} “for until those days the Israelites were offering incense to it” explains the motivation for destruction.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–shin–resh
“straight, upright”
In context — 2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, broke the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah . He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses made, for until those days the Israelites burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:4:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Kings 18:4, so the Hebrew word בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (veneyisrael) 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.18.4.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.4.W17.S1) and character.