2 Kings 23:35:122 Kgs.23.35.W12TAB
פַרְעֹ֑ה
faro
“Pharaoh”
- Transliteration
- far-O
- Extended
- fahr-OH
- IPA
- /farˈʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Pharaoh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
far-O
- phraseyour reading level
al-PI far-O
- clause
ve-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV na-TAN ye-ho-ya-KIM le-far-O AKH he-e-RI-khekh et-ha-A-rets la-TET et-ha-KE-sef al-PI far-O
- sentence
ve-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV na-TAN ye-ho-ya-KIM le-far-O AKH he-e-RI-khekh et-ha-A-rets la-TET et-ha-KE-sef al-PI far-O ISH ke-er-KO na-GAS et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV et-am ha-A-rets la-TET le-far-O ne-KHO
Exegesis
The idiom al-pi {עַל־פִּ֣י | ʿal-pî} ‘upon the mouth of’ plus paroh {פַרְעֹ֑ה | parʿōh} ‘Pharaoh’ functions as an authority formula, indicating that the amount was set by royal directive.
Root and etymology
p-r-ʿ
“great house”
In context — 2 Kings 23:35
Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; however, he assessed the land to give the silver at Pharaoh’s word, and he exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, each man according to his valuation, to give to Pharaoh Necho.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:35:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 23:35, so the Hebrew word פַרְעֹ֑ה (faro) 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.23.35.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.35.W12.S1) and character.