2 Kings 23:28:82 Kgs.23.28.W8TAB
עַל־סֵ֛פֶר
alsefer
“on or in the book of”
- Transliteration
- al-SE-fer
- Extended
- ahl-SEE-fehr
- IPA
- /ʕalˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- on or in the book of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-SE-fer
- clause
ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE yo-shi-YA-hu ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-sefer-divrei-hayamim {עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים | ʿal sê-pher dib-rê ha-yā-mîm} ‘in the book of the chronicles’ names the source, followed by lemalchei-Yehudah {לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה | lə-mal-kê yə-hû-dā} ‘of the kings of Judah’ marking possession. The initial vav-consecutive ensures continuity, and placing ketuvim before its objects emphasizes the assured documentation of the king’s deeds.
Root and etymology
s-p-rsamekh–pe–resh
“to count, recount, document”
In context — 2 Kings 23:28
And the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 23:28, so the Hebrew word עַל־סֵ֛פֶר (alsefer) 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.23.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.28.W8.S1) and character.