2 Chronicles 16:3:92 Chr.16.3.W9TAB
שָׁלַ֤חְתִּֽי
shalakhti
“I have sent”
- Transliteration
- sha-lakh-TI
- Extended
- shaa-lahkh-TEE
- IPA
- /ʃaːlaħˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have sent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
sha-lakh-TI
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NE sha-lakh-TI le-KHA
- clause
hi-NE sha-lakh-TI le-KHA KE-sef ve-za-HAV LEKH ha-FER be-RIT-kha et-ba-sha ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ve-ya-a-LE me-a-LAI
- sentence
be-RIT be-NI u-ve-NE-kha u-VEIN a-VI u-VEIN a-VI-kha hi-NE sha-lakh-TI le-KHA KE-sef ve-za-HAV LEKH ha-FER be-RIT-kha et-ba-sha ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ve-ya-a-LE me-a-LAI
Exegesis
The Qal perfect shalachti {שָׁלַ֤חְתִּי | šā-laḥ-tî} ‘I have sent’ presents the gifts as a completed action, which sets up the imperatives lech {לֵ֞ךְ | lê-ḵ} ‘go’ and hafer {הָפֵ֣ר | hā-pêr} ‘break.’
Root and etymology
š-l-ḥshin–lamed–chet
“send”
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:3
There is a covenant between me and you, just as there was between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you silver and gold. Go and break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 16:3, so the Hebrew word שָׁלַ֤חְתִּֽי (shalakhti) 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.16.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.3.W9.S1) and character.