2 Chronicles 18:5:132 Chr.18.5.W13TAB
אִם־אֶחְדָּ֑ל
imekhdal
“or shall I refrain”
- Transliteration
- im-ekh-DAL
- Extended
- ihm-ehkh-DAAL
- IPA
- /ʔim.ʔɛħˈdɔːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- or shall I refrain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-ekh-DAL
- clause
va-yik-BOTS ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL et-ha-ne-vi-IM ar-BA me-OT ISH va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ha-ne-LEKH el-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA im-ekh-DAL
- sentence
va-yik-BOTS ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL et-ha-ne-vi-IM ar-BA me-OT ISH va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ha-ne-LEKH el-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA im-ekh-DAL va-yom-RU a-LE ve-yit-TEN ha-e-lo-HIM be-YAD ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The interrogative hanelekh {הֲנֵלֵךְ | hă-nēlēḵ} ‘shall we go’ poses the initial query, balanced by the alternative ehdal {אֶחְדָּל | ʾeḥdāl} ‘shall I cease’ introduced by im {אִם | ʾim}.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:5
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets—four hundred men—and asked them, “Is it right for us to go to war at Ramoth Gilead, or should I refrain?” They answered, “Go up, and God will hand it over to the king’s authority .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 18:5, so the Hebrew word אִם־אֶחְדָּ֑ל (imekhdal) 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.18.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.5.W13.S1) and character.