2 Kings 19:29:52 Kgs.19.29.W5TAB
סָפִ֔יחַ
safiakh
“self-grown produce”
- Transliteration
- sa-FI-akh
- Extended
- saa-FIH-akh
- IPA
- /saːˈfiː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- self-grown produce
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
sa-FI-akh
- clause
ve-ZE-le-KHA ha-OT a-KHOL ha-sha-NA sa-FI-akh u-va-sha-NA ha-she-NIT sa-KHI-sh
- sentence
ve-ZE-le-KHA ha-OT a-KHOL ha-sha-NA sa-FI-akh u-va-sha-NA ha-she-NIT sa-KHI-sh u-va-sha-NA ha-she-li-SHIT zir-E-U ve-kits-RE-U ve-nit-E-U khra-MIM ve-ikh-LU fir-YAM
Exegesis
The infinitive absolute akhol {אָכוֹל | ʾā-khol} with a perfect preformative in ha-shanah {הַשָּׁנָה | ha-šā-nāh} establishes assured action in the first year for saphiach {סָפִיחַ | sā-phī-aḥ} ‘volunteer growth’.
Root and etymology
samekh-peh-chetSamekh, Pe, Chet
“volunteer growth”
In context — 2 Kings 19:29
And this will be the sign for you: you shall eat what grows by itself in this year, and in the second year what springs up thereafter , but in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 19:29, so the Hebrew word סָפִ֔יחַ (safiakh) 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.19.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.29.W5.S1) and character.