2 Kings 22:13:92 Kgs.22.13.W9TAB
הַסֵּ֥פֶר
hasefer
“the book”
- Transliteration
- ha-SE-fer
- Extended
- hah-SEH-fehr
- IPA
- /hasˈseːfɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the book
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SE-fer
- phraseyour reading level
ha-SE-fer ha-nim-TSa
- clause
le-KHU dir-SHU ET-ye-ho-VAH ba-a-DI u-ve-AD-ha-AM u-ve-AD KAL-ye-hu-DA al-div-RE ha-SE-fer ha-nim-TSa ha-ZE
- sentence
le-KHU dir-SHU ET-ye-ho-VAH ba-a-DI u-ve-AD-ha-AM u-ve-AD KAL-ye-hu-DA al-div-RE ha-SE-fer ha-nim-TSa ha-ZE ki-ge-do-LA kha-MAT ye-ho-VAH a-sher-hi nits-te-TA va-NU AL a-SHER lo-sha-me-U a-vo-TE-nu al-div-RE ha-SE-fer ha-ZE la-a-SOT ke-khol-ha-ka-TUV a-LE-nu
Exegesis
The construct chain dibrei ha-sefer hanimtza hazeh {דִּבְרֵי הַסֵּפֶר הַנִּמְצָא הַזֶּה | dibrē ha-se-pher ha-nim-ṣāʾ ha-zzeh} “the words of this book that has been found” centers on the rediscovered text.
Root and etymology
s-p-r
“to count, recount”
In context — 2 Kings 22:13
Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found; for great is the wrath of the LORD which is kindled against us because our fathers did not listen to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 22:13, so the Hebrew word הַסֵּ֥פֶר (hasefer) 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.22.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.13.W9.S1) and character.