2 Kings 21:6:142 Kgs.21.6.W14TAB
לְהַכְעִֽיס׃
lehakeis
“to provoke to anger”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-ke-IS
- Extended
- leh-hah-keh-EES
- IPA
- /ləhaxˈʕiːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- to provoke to anger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Samekh | s as in sit |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ha-ke-IS
- clause
hir-BA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH le-ha-ke-IS
- 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 idiom bə-‘ênêy YHWH {בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה | bə-‘ê-nêy Yəhōwā(h)} ‘in the eyes of the LORD’ sets up the Hiphil infinitive lə-ḥaḵ-‘îs {לְהַכְעִֽיס | lə-ḥaḵ-‘îs} ‘to provoke’, framing the intentional offense that elicits divine anger. The sequential vav-consecutive structure underscores the cumulative nature of the king’s rebellion.
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 21:6:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 21:6, so the Hebrew word לְהַכְעִֽיס׃ (lehakeis) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.6.W14.S1) and character.