2 Chronicles 14:6:52 Chr.14.6.W5TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:5
כִּֽי־שָׁקְטָ֣ה
kishaketa
“for it was quiet”
- Transliteration
- ki-sha-ke-TA
- Extended
- KEE-shah-keh-TAA
- IPA
- /kiː.ʃaqˈtɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for it was quiet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ki-sha-ke-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ki-sha-ke-TA ha-A-rets
- clause
ki-sha-ke-TA ha-A-rets ve-EN-I-mo mil-kha-MA ba-sha-NIM ha-E-le ki-he-NI-akh ye-ho-VAH LO
- sentence
va-yiv-BEN a-RE me-tsu-RA bi-ye-hu-DA ki-sha-ke-TA ha-A-rets ve-EN-I-mo mil-kha-MA ba-sha-NIM ha-E-le ki-he-NI-akh ye-ho-VAH LO
Exegesis
The causal clause kî shaqṭāh hā’āreṣ {כִּי־שָׁקְטָה הָאָרֶץ | kî shaqṭāh hā’āreṣ} ‘because the land was at rest’ uses a perfect verb to indicate completed peace.
Root and etymology
š-q-ṭš-q-ṭ
“to be quiet, at rest”
In context — 2 Chronicles 14:6
And he built fortified cities in Judah because the land was at rest, and there was no war with him in those years, for the LORD gave him rest .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 14:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 14:6, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־שָׁקְטָ֣ה (kishaketa) 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.14.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.6.W5.S1) and character.