2 Kings 22:8:72 Kgs.22.8.W7TAB
סֵ֧פֶר
sefer
“a book or scroll”
- Transliteration
- SE-fer
- Extended
- SEE-fehr
- IPA
- /ˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a book or scroll
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
SE-fer
- phraseyour reading level
SE-fer ha-to-RA
- clause
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
- 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 22:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 22:8, so the Hebrew word סֵ֧פֶר (sefer) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.8.W7.S1) and character.