2 Kings 18:9:32 Kgs.18.9.W3TAB
הָֽרְבִיעִית֙
hareviit
“the fourth”
- Transliteration
- ha-re-vi-IT
- Extended
- haa-reh-vih-EET
- IPA
- /haː.rəvɪˈʕiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the fourth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ha-re-vi-IT
- phraseyour reading level
ba-sha-NA ha-re-vi-IT
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-re-vi-IT la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu HI ha-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-re-vi-IT la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu HI ha-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL a-LA shal-ma-ne-SER ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-sho-me-RON va-ya-TSAR a-LE-ha
Exegesis
Bashanah {בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה | baššānâ} and harevi’it {הָֽרְבִיעִית֙ | har̆bî‘îyth} ‘in the fourth year’ and hashanah {הַשָּׁנָ֣ה | haššānâ} and hashvi’it {הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ית | haššê‘îyth} ‘the seventh year’ establish synchronism between the reigns of Judah and Israel.
Root and etymology
r-b-b
“chief, great one”
In context — 2 Kings 18:9
And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, went up against Samaria and besieged it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 18:9, so the Hebrew word הָֽרְבִיעִית֙ (hareviit) 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.18.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.9.W3.S1) and character.