2 Kings 23:14:12 Kgs.23.14.W1TAB
וְשִׁבַּר֙
veshibar
“and he broke”
- Transliteration
- ve-shi-BAR
- Extended
- veh-shih-BAR
- IPA
- /vəʃibˈbar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he broke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shi-BAR
- clause
ve-shi-BAR et-ha-mats-tse-VOT va-yik-ROT et-ha-a-she-RIM
- sentence
ve-shi-BAR et-ha-mats-tse-VOT va-yik-ROT et-ha-a-she-RIM va-ye-ma-LE et-me-ko-MAM ats-MOT a-DAM
Exegesis
The verse employs a vav-consecutive narrative chain with three sequential verbs: veshibbar {וְשִׁבַּר֙ | wə-šib-bār} ‘and he broke’, vayikrot {וַיִּכְרֹ֖ת | way-yik-rōt} ‘and he cut down’, and vayemalle {וַיְמַלֵּ֥א | way-ye-mal-lēʼ} ‘and he filled’, underscoring Josiah’s systematic removal of idolatrous installations.
Root and etymology
Rootš-v-b
“to turn, return”
In context — 2 Kings 23:14
And he broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah poles, and he filled their place with human bones .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 23:14, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁבַּר֙ (veshibar) 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.23.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.14.W1.S1) and character.