2 Chronicles 24:12:122 Chr.24.12.W12TAB
לְחַדֵּ֖שׁ
lekhadesh
“to renew”
- Transliteration
- le-kha-DESH
- Extended
- leh-khah-DEHSH
- IPA
- /lə.ħadˈdeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to renew
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
le-kha-DESH
- clause
va-yit-ne-HU ha-ME-lekh vi-ye-ho-ya-DA el-o-SE me-le-KHET a-vo-DAT BET-ye-ho-VAH va-yih-YU so-khe-RIM kho-tse-VIM ve-kha-ra-SHIM le-kha-DESH BET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yit-ne-HU ha-ME-lekh vi-ye-ho-ya-DA el-o-SE me-le-KHET a-vo-DAT BET-ye-ho-VAH va-yih-YU so-khe-RIM kho-tse-VIM ve-kha-ra-SHIM le-kha-DESH BET ye-ho-VAH ve-GAM le-kha-ra-SHE var-ZEL u-ne-KHO-shet le-kha-ZEK et-BET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
vecharashim) catalogs trades, while the two purpose infinitives lechaddesh {לְחַדֵּשׁ | lə-ḥaddēš} ‘to renew’ and lechazek {לְחַזֵּק | lə-ḥazzēq} ‘to strengthen’ mark the restoration goals, moving from general repair to structural reinforcement.
Root and etymology
consonantsChet–Dalet–Shin
“make new”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:12
The king and Jehoiada gave it to those doing the work of the service of the house of the LORD . They hired stonecutters and craftsmen to renew the house of the LORD, and also artisans of iron and bronze to strengthen the house of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 24:12, so the Hebrew word לְחַדֵּ֖שׁ (lekhadesh) 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.24.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.12.W12.S1) and character.