2 Kings 19:24:62 Kgs.19.24.W6TAB
וְאַחְרִב֙
veakhriv
“and I dried up”
- Transliteration
- ve-akh-RIV
- Extended
- veh-ahkh-RIHV
- IPA
- /vəʔaħˈriv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I dried up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-akh-RIV
- clause
ve-akh-RIV be-khaf-pe-a-MAI KOL ye-o-RE ma-TSOR
- sentence
a-NI KAR-ti ve-sha-TI-ti MA-yim za-RIM ve-akh-RIV be-khaf-pe-a-MAI KOL ye-o-RE ma-TSOR
Exegesis
The conjunction ve- introduces the Hiphil imperfect ve-achriv {וְאַחְרִב | wə-ʾăḥ-rîḇ} ‘and I will dry up,’ shifting to an ongoing assertion of power.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-bchet–resh–bet
“sword”
In context — 2 Kings 19:24
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters, and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the rivers of Egypt.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 19:24, so the Hebrew word וְאַחְרִב֙ (veakhriv) 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.19.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.24.W6.S1) and character.