2 Kings 21:1:132 Kgs.21.1.W13TAB
חֶפְצִי־בָֽהּ׃
kheftsiva
“Hephzibah”
- Transliteration
- khef-tsi-VA
- Extended
- khehf-tsee-VAA
- IPA
- /ħɛf.tsiːˈvaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- Hephzibah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khef-tsi-VA
- clause
ve-SHEM i-MO khef-tsi-VA
- sentence
ben-she-TEM e-se-RE sha-NA me-na-SHE ve-mal-KHO va-kha-mi-SHIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM ve-SHEM i-MO khef-tsi-VA
Exegesis
Finally, the construct ve-shem immo Cheftzi-bah {וְשֵׁ֛ם אִמּ֖וֹ חֶפְצִי־בָּֽהּ | və-šêm immō ḥep̄ṣî-bāh} ‘and the name of his mother: Hephzibah’ completes the clause with possessive construction.
Root and etymology
ח־פ־ץḥ-p-ṣ
“delight, pleasure”
In context — 2 Kings 21:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hephzibah .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 21:1, so the Hebrew word חֶפְצִי־בָֽהּ׃ (kheftsiva) 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.21.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.1.W13.S1) and character.