2 Chronicles 25:18:102 Chr.25.18.W10TAB
שָׁ֠לַח
shalakh
“sent”
- Transliteration
- sha-LAKH
- Extended
- shah-LAAKH
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- sent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-LAKH
- clause
va-yish-LAKH yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA le-MOR ha-KHO-akh a-SHER bal-le-va-NON sha-LAKH el-ha-E-rez a-SHER bal-le-va-NON le-MOR te-NA-et-BIT-te-kha liv-NI le-ish-SHA
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA le-MOR ha-KHO-akh a-SHER bal-le-va-NON sha-LAKH el-ha-E-rez a-SHER bal-le-va-NON le-MOR te-NA-et-BIT-te-kha liv-NI le-ish-SHA va-ta-a-VOR kha-YAT ha-sa-DE a-SHER bal-le-va-NON va-tir-MOS et-ha-KHO-akh
Exegesis
The narrative begins with vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח | wayyiš·lāḥ} ‘and he sent,’ a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect marking sequential action.
Root and etymology
š-l-ḥ
“to send”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:18
And Joash , king of Israel, sent word to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, “In Lebanon a thistle spoke to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ But a wild animal of the field in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Chronicles 25:18, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֠לַח (shalakh) 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.25.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.18.W10.S1) and character.