2 Kings 23:21:112 Kgs.23.21.W11TAB
סֵ֥פֶר
sefer
“book”
- Transliteration
- SE-fer
- Extended
- SEE-fehr
- IPA
- /ˈseːfɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- book
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-be-RIT
- clause
ka-ka-TUV AL SE-fer ha-be-RIT ha-ZE
- sentence
va-ye-TSAV ha-ME-lekh et-KOL-ha-AM le-MOR a-SU PE-sakh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem ka-ka-TUV AL SE-fer ha-be-RIT ha-ZE
Exegesis
The adverbial kakatov {כַּכָּת֕וּב | ka-ka-tūḇ} ‘as written’ introduces the written authority of al sefer haberit hazeh {עַ֛ל סֵ֥פֶר הַבְּרִ֖ית הַזֶּֽה | ʿal sē-fer ha-be-rīt ha-zē-h} ‘on this Book of the Covenant’. This sequence underscores the integration of royal, religious, and legal authority in Judah’s cultic renewal.
Root and etymology
Rootsamekh–pe–resh
“to recount, write”
In context — 2 Kings 23:21
And the king commanded all the people, saying, “Observe the Passover to the LORD your God , as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 23:21, so the Hebrew word סֵ֥פֶר (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.23.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.21.W11.S1) and character.