2 Kings 24:14:122 Kgs.24.14.W12TAB
וְהַמַּסְגֵּ֑ר
vehammasger
“and the smith or the metalworker”
- Transliteration
- ve-ham-mas-GER
- Extended
- veh-hahm-mahs-GEER
- IPA
- /vəhammɑsˈɡeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the smith or the metalworker
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ham-mas-GER
- clause
ve-hig-LA et-KOL-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-et-KOL-ha-sa-RIM ve-ET kol-gib-bo-REI ha-KHA-yil a-sa-RA a-se-RET a-la-FIM go-LE ve-khol-he-kha-RASH ve-ham-mas-GER
- sentence
ve-hig-LA et-KOL-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-et-KOL-ha-sa-RIM ve-ET kol-gib-bo-REI ha-KHA-yil a-sa-RA a-se-RET a-la-FIM go-LE ve-khol-he-kha-RASH ve-ham-mas-GER LO nish-AR zu-LAT dal-LAT am-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The paired nouns hecharash vehamasger {הֶחָרָשׁ וְהַמַּסְגֵּר | he-ḥā-rāš wə-hă-mas-gēr} link skilled laborers.
In context — 2 Kings 24:14
And he exiled all Jerusalem, and all the officers, and all the mighty warriors of the army—ten thousand exiles—and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained except the poorest of the people of the land.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 24:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 24:14, so the Hebrew word וְהַמַּסְגֵּ֑ר (vehammasger) 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.24.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.24.14.W12.S1) and character.