2 Kings 23:35:52 Kgs.23.35.W5TAB
לְפַרְעֹ֔ה
lefaro
“to Pharaoh”
- Transliteration
- le-far-O
- Extended
- leh-fahr-OH
- IPA
- /ləfarˈʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Pharaoh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
le-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 main predication is natan {נָתַ֤ן | nāṯan} ‘gave,’ with yehoyaqim {יְהוֹיָקִים֙ | yəhôyāqîm} as subject and leparoh {לְפַרְעֹ֔ה | lə-parʿōh} ‘to Pharaoh’ as recipient.
The construct chain et-am {אֶת־עַ֣ם | ʾeṯ-ʿam} ‘(direct object) people of’ + haaretz {הָאָ֔רֶץ | hāʾāreṣ} ‘the land’ marks the source population, and the closing infinitive latet2 {לָתֵ֖ת | lāṯēṯ} ‘to give’ plus leparoh2 {לְפַרְעֹ֥ה | lə-parʿōh} and nekho {נְכֹֽה׃ | nəkōh} frames the entire extraction as a funnel back to the Egyptian king.
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 23:35:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 23:35, so the Hebrew word לְפַרְעֹ֔ה (lefaro) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.35.W5.S1) and character.