2 Kings 21:6:92 Kgs.21.6.W9TAB
הִרְבָּ֗ה
hirba
“he increased greatly”
- Transliteration
- hir-BA
- Extended
- hihr-BAA
- IPA
- /hirˈbaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he increased greatly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
hir-BA
- 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 Hifil perfect hirbāh {הִרְבָּ֗ה | hir-bāh} ‘he multiplied’ with la‘ăśōṯ {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | la-‘ă-śōṯ} ‘to do’ intensifies the proliferation of hā-rā‘ {הָרַ֛ע | hā-rā‘} ‘the evil’.
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 21:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 21:6, so the Hebrew word הִרְבָּ֗ה (hirba) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.6.W9.S1) and character.