2 Kings 19:14:32 Kgs.19.14.W3TAB
אֶת־הַסְּפָרִ֛ים
ethasefarim
“the scrolls or letters”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-se-fa-RIM
- Extended
- eht-hah-seh-fah-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.has.səfaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the scrolls or letters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-se-fa-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ha-se-fa-RIM
- clause
va-yik-KAKH khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ha-se-fa-RIM mi-YAD ham-mal-a-KHIM va-yik-ra-EM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ha-se-fa-RIM mi-YAD ham-mal-a-KHIM va-yik-ra-EM va-YA-al BET Ye-ho-VAH va-yif-re-SE-hu khiz-ki-YA-hu lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The particle et {אֵת־ | ʾet} signals hasfarim {הַסְּפָרִים | has-fa-rim} ‘the letters’ as the definite object.
Root and etymology
ס־פ־ר
“writing, letter”
In context — 2 Kings 19:14
And Hezekiah took the letters from the hand of the messengers and read them. Then he went up to the house of the LORD and spread them before the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 19:14, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַסְּפָרִ֛ים (ethasefarim) 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.19.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.14.W3.S1) and character.