2 Kings 23:12:222 Kgs.23.12.W22TAB
קִדְרֽוֹן׃
kidron
“Kidron”
- Transliteration
- kid-RON
- Extended
- kihd-ROHN
- IPA
- /qɪdˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Kidron
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kid-RON
- phraseyour reading level
el-na-KHAL kid-RON
- clause
va-ya-RATS mi-SHAM ve-hish-LIKH et-a-fa-RAM el-na-KHAL kid-RON
- sentence
ve-ET-ha-miz-be-KHOT a-SHER al-ha-GAG a-li-YAT a-KHAZ a-sher-a-SU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA ve-ET-ha-miz-be-KHOT a-sher-a-SA me-na-SHE bish-TE kha-tsre-KHOT BET-ye-ho-VAH na-TATS ha-ME-lekh va-ya-RATS mi-SHAM ve-hish-LIKH et-a-fa-RAM el-na-KHAL kid-RON
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive forms way-yā-rats and wə-hiš-likh {וַיָּ֣רָץ וְהִשְׁלִ֥יךְ | way-yā-rats | wə-hiš-likh} “and he rushed, and he threw” sequence the on-site destruction and disposal of ʿă-pā-rām {עֲפָרָ֖ם | ʿă-pā-rām} “their dust” into na-ḥāl qi-ḏrōן {נַחַל קִדְרֽוֹן | na-ḥāl | qi-ḏrōn}. The English omits direct-object markers and reorders clauses for clarity while preserving the Hebrew emphases and the chiastic structure.
Root and etymology
Rootk-d-r
“darkness”
In context — 2 Kings 23:12
And the king tore down the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz—the ones the kings of Judah had made—and the altars that Manasseh had built in the two courts of the house of the LORD . He broke them down from there and cast their dust into the Brook Kidron.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:12:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 2 Kings 23:12, so the Hebrew word קִדְרֽוֹן׃ (kidron) 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.23.12.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.12.W22.S1) and character.