סְפַרְוִי
se.phar.vi
H5616
N:N--LG
Hebrew
Sepharvaim
1
Occurrences
1
Books
Hebrew
Language
se.phar.vi identifies the people named in 2 Kings 17:31 as burning their sons to their gods.
The attested form identifies the people of Sepharvaim in a clause describing their burning of sons in the fire to gods bearing the same designation.
Senses in use
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People identified by Sepharvaim · dominant
In 2 Kings 17:31, the masculine plural gentillic form identifies “the people of Sepharvaim” within the clause that the APB renders as their burning “their sons in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Kings 17:31, the APB presents the term in the phrase “the people of Sepharvaim”; The form's precise contribution is supported chiefly by its supplied gentillic morphology.