2 Kings 19:22:22 Kgs.19.22.W2TAB
חֵרַ֙פְתָּ֙
kherafta
“you mocked or you reproached”
- Transliteration
- KHE-RAF-ta
- Extended
- KHEE-rahf-TAA
- IPA
- /ħeːˈraf.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you mocked or you reproached
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
KHE-RAF-ta
- phraseyour reading level
ET-MI KHE-RAF-ta
- clause
ET-MI KHE-RAF-ta ve-gid-DAF-ta ve-AL-MI ha-ri-MO-ta KOL
- sentence
ET-MI KHE-RAF-ta ve-gid-DAF-ta ve-AL-MI ha-ri-MO-ta KOL va-tis-SA ma-ROM e-NE-kha al-ke-DOSH yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Two coordinated perfect verbs, cheraphta {חֵרַ֙פְתָּ֙ | ḥērāfṯā} ‘you reproached’ and vegiddaphta {וְגִדַּ֔פְתָּ | wə-giddap̄tā} ‘and you reviled,’ form a paired accusation, with the Piel intensifying the act into open contempt.
Root and etymology
consonantsChet–Resh–Pe
“to taunt, reproach”
In context — 2 Kings 19:22
Whom have you reproached and blasphemed, and against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 19:22, so the Hebrew word חֵרַ֙פְתָּ֙ (kherafta) 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.19.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.22.W2.S1) and character.