2 Samuel 17:14:132 Sam.17.14.W13TAB
לְהָפֵ֞ר
lehafer
“to frustrate”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-FER
- Extended
- leh-haa-FEER
- IPA
- /ləhaːˈp̄eːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to frustrate
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ha-FER
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA le-ha-FER et-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel hat-to-VA le-va-a-VUR ha-VI ye-ho-VAH el-av-sha-LOM et-ha-ra-A
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM ve-KHOL-ISH yis-ra-EL to-VA a-TSAT khu-SHAI ha-ar-KI me-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel va-ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA le-ha-FER et-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel hat-to-VA le-va-a-VUR ha-VI ye-ho-VAH el-av-sha-LOM et-ha-ra-A
Exegesis
The causative construction wə-yəh-wāh ṣîvvāh ləhāpēr {וַיהוָה צִוָּה לְהָפֵר | wə-yəh-wāh ṣîvvāh ləhāpēr} ‘and the LORD commanded to frustrate’ employs a Hiphil infinitive construct to express divine nullification of human advice.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:14
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” The LORD commanded the frustration of Ahithophel’s good counsel in order to bring disaster upon Absalom.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 17:14, so the Hebrew word לְהָפֵ֞ר (lehafer) 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 Sam.17.14.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.14.W13.S1) and character.