2 Kings 23:8:112 Kgs.23.8.W11TAB
עַד־בְּאֵ֣ר
adbeer
“up to Beer”
- Transliteration
- ad-be-ER
- Extended
- ahd-beh-EER
- IPA
- /ʕad.bəˈʔeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- up to Beer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-be-ER
- phraseyour reading level
ad-be-ER sha-VA
- clause
va-ya-VE et-KAL-ha-ko-ha-NIM me-a-RE ye-hu-DA va-ye-tam-ME et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER kit-te-RU-SHA-ma ha-ko-ha-NIM mig-GE-va ad-be-ER sha-VA
- sentence
va-ya-VE et-KAL-ha-ko-ha-NIM me-a-RE ye-hu-DA va-ye-tam-ME et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER kit-te-RU-SHA-ma ha-ko-ha-NIM mig-GE-va ad-be-ER sha-VA ve-na-TSATS et-ba-MOT ha-she-a-RIM a-SHER-PE-taKH SHA-ar ye-ho-SHU-a sar-ha-IR a-SHER-al-se-MOL ISH be-SHA-ar ha-IR
Exegesis
The merism migeva ad-beer-shava {מִגֶּבַע עַד־בְּאֵר שָׁבַע | mi-g̱e-ḇaʼ ʿad-bə-ʾēr šā-ḇāʼ} “from Geba to Beersheba” sets the north–south limits.
In context — 2 Kings 23:8
And he brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and defiled the high places where they had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and he broke down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the city commander, which were on the left of the city gate.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 23:8, so the Hebrew word עַד־בְּאֵ֣ר (adbeer) 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.23.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.8.W11.S1) and character.