2 Kings 21:6:12 Kgs.21.6.W1TAB
וְהֶעֱבִ֤יר
veheevir
“and he made pass through”
- Transliteration
- ve-he-e-VIR
- Extended
- veh-heh-eh-VEER
- IPA
- /vəhɛ.ʕɛˈviːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he made pass through
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-he-e-VIR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-he-e-VIR et-be-NO
- clause
ve-he-e-VIR et-be-NO ba-ESH ve-o-NEN ve-ni-KHESH ve-a-SA OV ve-yid-e-O-nim
- sentence
ve-he-e-VIR et-be-NO ba-ESH ve-o-NEN ve-ni-KHESH ve-a-SA OV ve-yid-e-O-nim hir-BA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH le-ha-ke-IS
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Hiphil imperfect with vav-consecutive in vehe’evir {וְהֶעֱבִ֤יר | və-hə-ʿə-bîr} ‘and he made pass’, highlighting the severity of child sacrifice.
In context — 2 Kings 21:6
And he made his son pass through the fire and practiced soothsaying and divination, and he dealt with mediums and spiritists. He greatly increased doing evil in the eyes of the LORD to provoke Him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 21:6, so the Hebrew word וְהֶעֱבִ֤יר (veheevir) 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.21.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.6.W1.S1) and character.