2 Kings 21:14:72 Kgs.21.14.W7TAB
אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֑ם
oyevehem
“their enemies”
- Transliteration
- o-ye-VE-hem
- Extended
- oh-yeh-vee-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔoː.jəveːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their enemies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-ye-VE-hem
- phraseyour reading level
be-YAD o-ye-VE-hem
- clause
ve-na-TASH-ti ET she-e-RIT na-kha-la-TI u-ne-tat-TIM be-YAD o-ye-VE-hem
- sentence
ve-na-TASH-ti ET she-e-RIT na-kha-la-TI u-ne-tat-TIM be-YAD o-ye-VE-hem ve-ha-YU le-VAZ ve-lim-shis-SA le-KHOL-o-ye-VE-hem
Exegesis
The parallel verbs u-netattim be-yad oyeveihem {וּנְתַתִּים בְּיַד אֹיְבֵיהֶם | u-nə-ṯaṯ-tîm bə-yaḏ ʾoy-vê-hem} employ the idiom “give into the hand” to denote total subjugation.
In context — 2 Kings 21:14
And I will abandon the remnant of my inheritance and I will give them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 21:14, so the Hebrew word אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֑ם (oyevehem) 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.21.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.14.W7.S1) and character.