2 Chronicles 24:4:62 Chr.24.4.W6TAB
לְחַדֵּ֖שׁ
lekhaddesh
“to renew”
- Transliteration
- le-khad-DESH
- Extended
- leh-khahd-DEHSH
- IPA
- /ləħadˈdeːʃ/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-khad-DESH
- clause
ha-YA im-LEV yo-ASH le-khad-DESH et-BET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-re-KHEN ha-YA im-LEV yo-ASH le-khad-DESH et-BET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lechadesh {לְחַדֵּשׁ | lə·ḥa·ḏêš} ‘to renew’ with the preposition le expresses the purpose of the resolve.
Root and etymology
ḥ-d-šchet–dalet–shin
“to renew”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:4
And it happened after this that it was in the heart of Joash to renew the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 24:4, so the Hebrew word לְחַדֵּ֖שׁ (lekhaddesh) 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.24.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.4.W6.S1) and character.