2 Chronicles 18:9:72 Chr.18.9.W7TAB
עַל־כִּסְא֜וֹ
alkisev
“on his throne”
- Transliteration
- al-KIS-ev
- Extended
- ahl-KIHS-ehv
- IPA
- /ʕalˈkis.ʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on his throne
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
al-KIS-ev
- phraseyour reading level
yo-she-VIM ISH al-KIS-ev
- clause
u-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA yo-she-VIM ISH al-KIS-ev me-lu-ba-SHIM be-ga-DIM ve-yo-she-VIM be-GO-ren PE-takh SHA-ar shom-ROn
- sentence
u-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA yo-she-VIM ISH al-KIS-ev me-lu-ba-SHIM be-ga-DIM ve-yo-she-VIM be-GO-ren PE-takh SHA-ar shom-ROn ve-KHOL-ha-ne-vi-IM mit-na-be-IM lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The phrase ʼish ʿal-kīsô {אִ֨ישׁ עַל־כִּסְא֜וֹ | ʼîš ʿal-kīsô} ‘each on his throne’ uses a distributive noun with a prepositional phrase. The Pual participle məlubbāšîm with bəgādîm frames their ceremonial dress.
Root and etymology
consonantsKaf–Samekh–Aleph
“seat, throne”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:9
The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat each on his throne, clothed in garments ; they sat at the threshing floor near the entrance of the gate of Samaria, while all the prophets were prophesying before them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 18:9, so the Hebrew word עַל־כִּסְא֜וֹ (alkisev) 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.18.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.9.W7.S1) and character.