2 Kings 24:2:162 Kgs.24.2.W16TAB
לְהַֽאֲבִיד֑וֹ
lehaavid
“to destroy him or it”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-a-VID
- Extended
- leh-hah-ah-vee-DOH
- IPA
- /ləha.ʔăviˈdoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to destroy him or it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ha-a-VID
- clause
va-ye-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH BO et-ge-du-DE khas-de-DIM ve-et-ge-du-DE a-RAM ve-ET ge-du-DE mo-AV ve-ET ge-du-DE ve-NE-a-MON va-ye-sha-le-KHEM bi-ye-hu-DA le-ha-a-VID
- sentence
va-ye-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH BO et-ge-du-DE khas-de-DIM ve-et-ge-du-DE a-RAM ve-ET ge-du-DE mo-AV ve-ET ge-du-DE ve-NE-a-MON va-ye-sha-le-KHEM bi-ye-hu-DA le-ha-a-VID kid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD a-va-DAV ha-ne-vi-IM
Exegesis
The infinitive construct le-ha’abido {לְהַֽאֲבִיד֑וֹ | lə-haʾăḇîḏō} ‘to destroy it’ expresses divine purpose.
Root and etymology
Aleph–BetAleph–Bet
“father”
In context — 2 Kings 24:2
And the LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites, and the sons of Ammon, and He dispatched them into Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by His servants the prophets .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 24:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 24:2, so the Hebrew word לְהַֽאֲבִיד֑וֹ (lehaavid) 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.24.2.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.24.2.W16.S1) and character.