2 Chronicles 16:4:82 Chr.16.4.W8TAB
הַחֲיָלִ֤ים
hakhayalim
“the armies”
- Transliteration
- ha-kha-ya-LIM
- Extended
- hah-khah-yah-LEEM
- IPA
- /ha.ħăjaːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the armies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-kha-ya-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo
- clause
va-yish-MA BEN ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo el-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-ya-KU et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL MA-yim
- sentence
va-yish-MA BEN ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo el-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-ya-KU et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL MA-yim ve-ET KAL-mis-ke-NOT a-RE naf-ta-LI
Exegesis
Vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח | wayyišlaḥ} ‘he sent’ introduces the deployment of forces, with et-sarei ha-chayalim asher-lo {אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י הַחֲיָלִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙ | ʾet-śārê haḥăyālim ʾăšer-lô} forming a relative construct for “the commanders of the armies who belonged to him.”
Root and etymology
RootChet–Yod–Lamed
“strength, army”
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:4
Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel. They struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Mayim, and all the storehouse towns of Naphtali.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 16:4, so the Hebrew word הַחֲיָלִ֤ים (hakhayalim) 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.16.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.4.W8.S1) and character.