2 Kings 23:16:142 Kgs.23.16.W14TAB
כִּדְבַ֣ר
kidvar
“according to the word of”
- Transliteration
- kid-VAR
- Extended
- kihd-VAHR
- IPA
- /kidˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to the word of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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
kid-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH
- clause
kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ka-RA ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER ka-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
va-yi-FEN yo-shi-YA-hu va-ya-RE et-ha-ke-va-RIM a-sher-SHAM ba-HAR va-yish-LAKH va-yik-KAKH et-ha-a-tsa-MOT min-ha-ke-va-RIM va-yis-ROF al-ha-miz-BE-akh va-ye-tam-ME-hu kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ka-RA ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER ka-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase kidebar {כִּדְבַר | kidebar} ‘according to the word of’ links Josiah’s actions to divine instruction.
In context — 2 Kings 23:16
And Josiah turned and saw the tombs on the mountain. He sent and took the bones from the tombs and burned them on the altar, defiling it according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God, who had predicted these things.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 23:16, so the Hebrew word כִּדְבַ֣ר (kidvar) 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.23.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.16.W14.S1) and character.