2 Chronicles 26:15:52 Chr.26.15.W5TAB
חוֹשֵׁ֗ב
khoshev
“a designer”
- Transliteration
- kho-SHEV
- Extended
- khoh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /ħoːˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- a designer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
kho-SHEV
- phraseyour reading level
ma-kha-SHE-vet kho-SHEV
- clause
va-ya-AS bi-ru-sha-LA-yim khish-be-NOT ma-kha-SHE-vet kho-SHEV lih-HYOT al-ha-mig-da-LIM ve-al-ha-pin-NOT lih-RO ba-khi-TSIM u-va-a-va-NIM ge-do-LOT
- sentence
va-ya-AS bi-ru-sha-LA-yim khish-be-NOT ma-kha-SHE-vet kho-SHEV lih-HYOT al-ha-mig-da-LIM ve-al-ha-pin-NOT lih-RO ba-khi-TSIM u-va-a-va-NIM ge-do-LOT va-ye-TSE she-MO ad-le-me-ra-KHOK ki-hif-LI le-he-a-ZER AD ki-kha-ZAK
Exegesis
The construct chain khishbonot machashevet khoshev {חִשְּׁבֹנ֜וֹת מַחֲשֶׁ֣בֶת חוֹשֵׁ֗ב | chiš·šə·ḇô·ṯ ma·ḥə·še·ḇet ḥō·šē·ḇ} emphasizes technical innovation, with the feminine construct machashevet modifying devices.
In context — 2 Chronicles 26:15
And he made in Jerusalem devices , the invention of an inventor, to be on the towers and on the corners for shooting arrows and great stones; and his fame went out to a far distance, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 26:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 26:15, so the Hebrew word חוֹשֵׁ֗ב (khoshev) 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.26.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.26.15.W5.S1) and character.