2 Kings 19:13:72 Kgs.19.13.W7TAB
סְפַרְוָ֑יִם
sefarvayim
“Sepharvaim”
- Transliteration
- se-far-va-YIM
- Extended
- seh-fahr-vaa-YIM
- IPA
- /səfarvaˈjim/
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
la-IR se-far-va-YIM
- clause
A-yo ME-lekh-kha-MAT u-ME-lekh ar-PA-d u-ME-lekh la-IR se-far-va-YIM
- sentence
A-yo ME-lekh-kha-MAT u-ME-lekh ar-PA-d u-ME-lekh la-IR se-far-va-YIM he-NA ve-i-VA
Exegesis
Each phrase pairs the head noun melekh {מֶֽלֶךְ | me-leḵ} ‘king’ with its geographic designation—khamat {חֲמָת | ḥa-māṯ} ‘Hamath,’ arpad {אַרְפָּד | ʾar-pāḏ} ‘Arpad,’ and the construct la’ir sefarvayim {לָעִיר סְפַרְוָיִם | lā-ʾîr sə-phar-vā-yīm} ‘the city of Sepharvaim.’
Root and etymology
ס־פ־ר
“to count, recount, write”
In context — 2 Kings 19:13
Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad and the king of the city of Sepharvaim , Hena, and Ivvah?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 19:13, so the Hebrew word סְפַרְוָ֑יִם (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.19.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.13.W7.S1) and character.