2 Kings 22:5:62 Kgs.22.5.W6TAB
הַמֻּפְקָדִ֖ים
hamufekadim
“the appointed ones”
- Transliteration
- ha-mu-fe-ka-DIM
- Extended
- hah-muh-feh-kah-DEEM
- IPA
- /ham.mufqaːˈdiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the appointed ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-mu-fe-ka-DIM
- clause
ve-yit-NE ve-yit-NE-hu al-YAD o-SE ha-me-la-KHA ha-mu-fe-ka-DIM be-VET BET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-yit-NE ve-yit-NE-hu al-YAD o-SE ha-me-la-KHA ha-mu-fe-ka-DIM be-VET BET ye-ho-VAH ve-yit-NU o-TO le-o-SE ha-me-la-KHA a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH le-kha-ZEK BE-dek ha-BA-yit
Exegesis
The idiom ʿal-yād ōšê hammə-lāḵāh {עַל־יַד עֹשֵׂי הַמְּלָאכָה | ʿal-yāḏ ō-šê hammə-lā-ḵāh} ‘into the hand of those doing the work’ conveys entrusted authority, further specified by hammupqaddîm {הַמֻּפְקָדִים | hammup-qad-dîm} ‘overseers.’
In context — 2 Kings 22:5
And they shall give it into the hand of the overseers in the house of the LORD and they shall give it to the workers who do the work in the house of the LORD, to repair the breach of the house.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 22:5, so the Hebrew word הַמֻּפְקָדִ֖ים (hamufekadim) 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.22.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.5.W6.S1) and character.