2 Chronicles 2:9:12 Chr.2.9.W1TABWLC 2 Chronicles 2:8
וּלְהָכִ֥ין
ulehakhin
“and to prepare”
- Transliteration
- u-le-ha-KHIN
- Extended
- oo-leh-hah-KHEEN
- IPA
- /uːləhɔˈxiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to prepare
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-le-ha-KHIN
- phraseyour reading level
u-le-ha-KHIN LI
- clause
u-le-ha-KHIN LI E-tsim la-ROV
- sentence
u-le-ha-KHIN LI E-tsim la-ROV KI ha-BA-yit a-SHER-a-NI vo-NE ga-DOL ve-haf-LE
Exegesis
The verse opens with the infinitive construct clause ulehakhin {וּלְהָכִ֣ין | ū-lə-ḥā-ḵîn} ‘and to prepare,’ functioning as a volitional purpose clause modified by the prepositional phrase li {לִֽי | lī} ‘for me.’
Root and etymology
k-w-nkaf–vav–nun
“to prepare, establish”
In context — 2 Chronicles 2:9
And prepare wood for me in abundance, for the house which I am building is great and extraordinary .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 2:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 2:9, so the Hebrew word וּלְהָכִ֥ין (ulehakhin) 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.2.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.2.9.W1.S1) and character.