2 Kings 21:6:42 Kgs.21.6.W4TAB
וְעוֹנֵ֣ן
veonen
“and he practiced soothsaying”
- Transliteration
- ve-o-NEN
- Extended
- veh-oh-NEHN
- IPA
- /vəʕoːˈneːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he practiced soothsaying
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-o-NEN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-o-NEN ve-ni-KHESH
- 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
A vav-consecutive chain links the Piel participle ve’ōnen {וְעוֹנֵ֣ן | wə-ʿō-nēn} ‘he practiced soothsaying’ and the Piel perfect veniḥēš {וְנִחֵ֔שׁ | wə-ni-ḥēš} ‘he practiced divination’, followed by the Qal perfect ve’āśāh {וְעָ֥שָׂה | wə-‘ā-śāh} ‘he did’, introducing ōw {א֖וֹב | ōw} ‘medium’ and wəyid’ōnîm {וְיִדְּעֹנִ֑ים | wə-yiḏ-‘ō-nîm} ‘spiritists’.
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 21:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 21:6, so the Hebrew word וְעוֹנֵ֣ן (veonen) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.6.W4.S1) and character.