2 Kings 18:4:22 Kgs.18.4.W2TAB
הֵסִ֣יר
hesir
“removed”
- Transliteration
- he-SIR
- Extended
- heh-SEER
- IPA
- /heːˈsiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- removed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-SIR
- phraseyour reading level
HU he-SIR et-ha-ba-MOT
- clause
HU he-SIR et-ha-ba-MOT ve-shi-BAR et-ha-mat-tse-VOT ve-kha-RAT et-ha-a-she-RA
- 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 verse employs a series of Waw-consecutive verbs (הֵסִיר hesir {הֵסִיר | hēsîr} “he removed,” שִׁבַּר shibbar {שִׁבַּר | šibbār} “he broke,” כָּרַת karat {כָּרַת | kārat} “he cut down,” כִּתַּת kittat {כִּתַּת | kiṭṭat} “he shattered”) to present a tightly linked sequence of iconoclastic reforms.
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 18:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 18:4, so the Hebrew word הֵסִ֣יר (hesir) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.4.W2.S1) and character.