2 Kings 21:20:32 Kgs.21.20.W3TAB
בְּעֵינֵ֣י
beene
“in the eyes of”
- Transliteration
- be-e-NE
- Extended
- beh-eh-NEE
- IPA
- /bəʕeːˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the eyes of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
be-e-NE
- phraseyour reading level
be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ka-a-SHER a-SA me-na-SHE a-VIV
Exegesis
The phrase be‘êynê YHWH {בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה | bəʿêynê Yəhōwāh} ‘in the eyes of the LORD’ uses an anthropomorphic idiom for divine evaluation.
In context — 2 Kings 21:20
And he did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD , just as Manasseh his father had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 21:20, so the Hebrew word בְּעֵינֵ֣י (beene) 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.21.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.20.W3.S1) and character.