2 Kings 21:15:72 Kgs.21.15.W7TAB
מַכְעִסִ֖ים
makhesisim
“provoking to anger”
- Transliteration
- makh-e-si-SIM
- Extended
- mahkh-eh-sih-SIHM
- IPA
- /max.ʕiːˈsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- provoking to anger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
makh-e-si-SIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU makh-e-si-SIM
- clause
YA-an a-SHER a-SU et-ha-RA be-e-NAI va-yih-YU makh-e-si-SIM o-TI
- sentence
YA-an a-SHER a-SU et-ha-RA be-e-NAI va-yih-YU makh-e-si-SIM o-TI min-ha-YOM a-SHER ya-TSE-u a-vo-TAM mim-mits-ra-YIM ve-AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
A vav-consecutive imperfect vayihyu {וַיִּהְי֥וּ | wayyihyū} ‘and they became’ leads into the hifil participle mach'isim {מַכְעִסִ֖ים | makkʿîsîm} ‘provoking’, emphasizing continuous provocation. A temporal frame from the exodus to the present is expressed by min hayom¹ asher yatz'u avotam mimitzrayim ve'ad hayom² hazeh, combining prepositional and relative clauses to underscore covenantal continuity and divine patience.
Root and etymology
kaph–ayin–samekhkaph–ayin–samekh
“to anger, to provoke”
In context — 2 Kings 21:15
Because they have done the evil in My eyes, and they have been provoking Me from the day their fathers went out from Egypt until this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 21:15, so the Hebrew word מַכְעִסִ֖ים (makhesisim) 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.21.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.15.W7.S1) and character.