2 Chronicles 23:18:102 Chr.23.18.W10TAB
חָלַ֣ק
khalakh
“he divided”
- Transliteration
- kha-LAKH
- Extended
- khaa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /ħaːˈlaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- he divided
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
kha-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER kha-LAKH da-VID
- clause
va-ya-SEM ye-ho-ya-DA pe-kud-DOT BET ye-ho-VAH be-YAD ha-ko-ha-NIM hal-ve-YIM a-SHER kha-LAKH da-VID al-BET ye-ho-VAH le-ha-a-LOT o-LOT ye-ho-VAH ka-ka-TUV be-to-RAT mo-SHEH be-sim-KHA u-ve-SHIR
- sentence
va-ya-SEM ye-ho-ya-DA pe-kud-DOT BET ye-ho-VAH be-YAD ha-ko-ha-NIM hal-ve-YIM a-SHER kha-LAKH da-VID al-BET ye-ho-VAH le-ha-a-LOT o-LOT ye-ho-VAH ka-ka-TUV be-to-RAT mo-SHEH be-sim-KHA u-ve-SHIR AL ye-DE da-VID
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer ḥālaq dāwiḏ {אֲשֶׁר חָלַק דָּוִיד֮ | ʾăšer ḥālaq dāwiḏ} ‘whom David had assigned’ specifies the appointment.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-qchet–lamed–qof
“to divide, apportion”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:18
Jehoiada set the oversight of the house of the LORD in the hands of the Levitical priests and the Levites, whom David had assigned over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the arrangement of David.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 23:18, so the Hebrew word חָלַ֣ק (khalakh) 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.23.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.18.W10.S1) and character.