2 Chronicles 17:16:22 Chr.17.16.W2TAB
עֲמַסְיָ֣ה
amasya
“Amasiah”
- Transliteration
- a-mas-YA
- Extended
- ah-mas-YAA
- IPA
- /ʕămasˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Amasiah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-mas-YA
- phraseyour reading level
a-mas-YA ben-zikh-RI
- clause
ve-AL-YA-do a-mas-YA ben-zikh-RI ha-mit-na-DEV la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-AL-YA-do a-mas-YA ben-zikh-RI ha-mit-na-DEV la-ye-ho-VAH ve-im-MO ma-TA-yim E-lef gi-BOR KHA-yil
Exegesis
The personal name ʿAmasyā {עֲמַסְיָ֣ה | ʿă-mas-yā} is specified by the construct ben-Zikrî {בֶן-זִכְרִ֔י | ben zikh-rî} ‘son of Zikri’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:16
And under his command, Amasiah son of Zikri, who volunteered himself for the LORD , and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 17:16, so the Hebrew word עֲמַסְיָ֣ה (amasya) 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.17.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.16.W2.S1) and character.