2 Chronicles 21:16:52 Chr.21.16.W5TAB
ר֤וּחַ
ruakh
“spirit or wind”
- Transliteration
- RU-akh
- Extended
- ROO-akh
- IPA
- /ˈruːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- spirit or wind
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
RU-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ET RU-akh ha-pe-li-shi-TIM
- sentence
va-ya-AR Ye-ho-VAH al-ye-ho-RAM ET RU-akh ha-pe-li-shi-TIM ve-ha-ar-be-VIM a-SHER al-YAD ku-SHIM
Exegesis
The coordinated noun phrase rûaḥ ha-pə-lish-tim wə-hā-ʿarvîm {ר֤וּחַ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּים וְהָעַרְבִים | rūaḥ ha-pə-lish-tim wə-hā-ʿar-vim} ‘the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs’ attributes an external impulse to these nations.
Root and etymology
RootResh, Vav, Het
“breath, wind, spirit”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:16
And the LORD aroused against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs who were beside the Cushites.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 21:16, so the Hebrew word ר֤וּחַ (ruakh) 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.21.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.16.W5.S1) and character.