2 Kings 19:21:142 Kgs.19.21.W14TAB
הֵנִ֔יעָה
henia
“she shook or wagged”
- Transliteration
- he-ni-A
- Extended
- hee-nee-AA
- IPA
- /heːniˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she shook or wagged
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
he-ni-A
- phraseyour reading level
ROSH he-ni-A
- clause
ba-ZA le-KHA la-a-GA le-KHA be-tu-LAT bat-tsi-YON a-kha-RE-kha ROSH he-ni-A BAT ye-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER-dib-BER Ye-ho-VAH a-LAV ba-ZA le-KHA la-a-GA le-KHA be-tu-LAT bat-tsi-YON a-kha-RE-kha ROSH he-ni-A BAT ye-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
Finally, the Hiphil perfect heni’ah in achareikha rosh heni’ah {אַחֲרֶיךָ רֹאשׁ הֵנִיעָה | ʾa-ḥa-rei-ḵā rō-š hē-nī-ʿāh} ‘shakes her head behind you’ conveys a causative gesture of contempt.
In context — 2 Kings 19:21
This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: “The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head at you.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:21:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 19:21, so the Hebrew word הֵנִ֔יעָה (henia) 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.19.21.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.21.W14.S1) and character.