2 Chronicles 18:26:82 Chr.18.26.W8TAB
הַכֶּ֑לֶא
hakele
“the confinement or prison”
- Transliteration
- ha-KE-le
- Extended
- hah-KEH-leh
- IPA
- /hakːɛˈlɛʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the confinement or prison
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
ha-KE-le
- phraseyour reading level
BET ha-KE-le
- clause
va-a-mar-TEM KO a-MAR ha-ME-lekh si-MU ZE BET ha-KE-le
- 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 Qal imperative simu {שִׂימוּ | sîmû} ‘put’ directs placement of zeh {זֶה | zêh} ‘this one’ into beit hakele {בֵּית הַכֶּלֶא | bêṯ ha-ke-lê} ‘prison house’.
Root and etymology
k-l-ʾkaf–lamed–aleph
“to shut up, imprison”
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 18:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 18:26, so the Hebrew word הַכֶּ֑לֶא (hakele) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.26.W8.S1) and character.