2 Chronicles 12:2:72 Chr.12.2.W7TAB
שִׁישַׁ֥ק
shishak
“Shishak”
- Transliteration
- shi-SHAK
- Extended
- shih-SHAHK
- IPA
- /ʃiˈʃaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shishak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shi-SHAK
- phraseyour reading level
shi-SHAK ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-kha-mi-SHIT la-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am A-la shi-SHAK ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-kha-mi-SHIT la-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am A-la shi-SHAK ME-lekh-mits-RA-yim al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im KI ma-a-LU ba-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The compound subject Shishak melekh Mitsrayim {שִׁישַׁק מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרָיִם | šî-šăq mê-leḵ-miṣ-rā-yim} ‘Shishak, king of Egypt’ specifies the invader.
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:2
And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak, king of Egypt, went up against Jerusalem because they acted unfaithfully against the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 12:2, so the Hebrew word שִׁישַׁ֥ק (shishak) 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 Chr.12.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.2.W7.S1) and character.