2 Chronicles 18:29:52 Chr.18.29.W5TAB
הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙
hitkhapes
“disguise yourself”
- Transliteration
- hit-kha-PES
- Extended
- hihth-khah-PEHS
- IPA
- /hit.ħapˈpɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- disguise yourself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hit-kha-PES
- clause
va-YO-mer ME-lekh yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT hit-kha-PES va-VO va-mil-kha-MA ve-a-TA le-VASH be-ga-DE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT hit-kha-PES va-VO va-mil-kha-MA ve-a-TA le-VASH be-ga-DE-kha va-yit-kha-PES ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-ya-VO-u ba-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The paired imperatives hitchapes {הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ | hitḥappeś} ‘disguise yourself’ and levash {לְבַשׁ | ləvaš} ‘wear’ establish contrasting commands for the two kings.
Root and etymology
Rooth-p-sh
“to hide oneself”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:29
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and enter the battle , but you wear your garments .” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into the battle.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 18:29, so the Hebrew word הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ (hitkhapes) 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.18.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.29.W5.S1) and character.