2 Kings 23:33:42 Kgs.23.33.W4TAB
בְרִבְלָה֙
verivla
“at Riblah”
- Transliteration
- ve-riv-LA
- Extended
- veh-rihv-LAA
- IPA
- /vərivˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at Riblah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-riv-LA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-as-RE-hu par-E ne-KHO ve-riv-LA
- clause
va-ya-as-RE-hu par-E ne-KHO ve-riv-LA be-E-rets kha-MAT ve-me-lekh mim-me-LOKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
va-ya-as-RE-hu par-E ne-KHO ve-riv-LA be-E-rets kha-MAT ve-me-lekh mim-me-LOKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yit-TEN-O-nesh al-ha-A-rets me-A khi-KAR-KE-sef ve-khi-KAR za-HAV
Exegesis
Two stacked location phrases, bə-rivlāh {בְרִבְלָה֙ | bə-rivlāh} ‘in Riblah’ and bə-ʾereṣ ḥămāṯ {בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חֲמָ֔ת | bə-ʾereṣ ḥămāṯ} ‘in the land of Hamath’, specify the place of detention with increasing geographic precision.
In context — 2 Kings 23:33
Pharaoh Necho bound him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed a penalty on the land—one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:33:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 23:33, so the Hebrew word בְרִבְלָה֙ (verivla) 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.23.33.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.33.W4.S1) and character.