2 Kings 22:8:142 Kgs.22.8.W14TAB
אֶת־הַסֵּ֛פֶר
ethasefer
“{direct object marker} the book or scroll”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-SE-fer
- Extended
- eht-hah-SEE-fehr
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hasˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object marker} the book or scroll
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ha-SE-fer
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-TEN khil-ki-YA et-ha-SE-fer
- clause
va-yit-TEN khil-ki-YA et-ha-SE-fer el-sha-FAN va-yik-ra-E-hu
- sentence
va-YO-mer khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL al-sha-FAN ha-so-FER SE-fer ha-to-RA ma-TSA-ti be-VET ye-ho-VAH va-yit-TEN khil-ki-YA et-ha-SE-fer el-sha-FAN va-yik-ra-E-hu
Exegesis
Sefer hatorah {סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה | sê-per ha-tō-rāh} forms a construct chain ‘scroll of the law,’ the object of matzati {מָצָאתִי | mā-ṣā-ʾtî}.
Root and etymology
s-p-rs-p-r
“to write, count”
In context — 2 Kings 22:8
And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found a scroll of the law in the house of the LORD .” And Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan, and he read it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 22:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַסֵּ֛פֶר (ethasefer) 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.22.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.8.W14.S1) and character.