2 Chronicles 18:26:132 Chr.18.26.W13TAB
לַ֔חַץ
lakhats
“of pressure or affliction”
- Transliteration
- la-KHATS
- Extended
- lah-KHATS
- IPA
- /laˈħats/
Meaning by language
- English
- of pressure or affliction
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-KHATS
- phraseyour reading level
u-ma-YIM la-KHATS
- clause
ve-ha-a-khi-LU-hu LE-khem la-KHATS u-ma-YIM la-KHATS AD shu-VI be-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-a-mar-TEM KO a-MAR ha-ME-lekh si-MU ZE BET ha-KE-le ve-ha-a-khi-LU-hu LE-khem la-KHATS u-ma-YIM la-KHATS AD shu-VI be-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperative vehaʾachiluhu {וְהַאֲכִלֻהוּ | wə-hăʾăḵîlûhû} ‘and cause him to eat’ commands provision of lechem laḥaṣ {לֶחֶם לַחַץ | leḥem laḥaṣ} ‘bread of affliction’ and ū-mayim laḥaṣ {וּמַיִם לַחַץ | û-mayim laḥaṣ} ‘and water of affliction’, highlighting subsistence under duress.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-ṣlamed–ḥet–ṣade
“pressure, oppression”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:26
And you shall say, “Thus says the king : ‘Place this one in the prison house and feed him bread of affliction and water of affliction until I return in peace .’”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:26:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 18:26, so the Hebrew word לַ֔חַץ (lakhats) 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.18.26.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.26.W13.S1) and character.