2 Chronicles 29:30:132 Chr.29.30.W13TAB
עַד־לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה
adlesimkha
“unto gladness”
- Transliteration
- ad-le-sim-KHA
- Extended
- ahd-leh-sihm-KHAH
- IPA
- /ʕad.ləsimˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- unto gladness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-le-sim-KHA
- clause
va-ye-hal-LU ad-le-sim-KHA va-yik-DE-du va-yish-ta-kha-VU
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ha-ME-lekh ve-ha-sa-RIM lal-vi-YIM le-hal-LEL la-ye-ho-VAH be-div-REI da-VID ve-a-SAF ha-kho-ZEH va-ye-hal-LU ad-le-sim-KHA va-yik-DE-du va-yish-ta-kha-VU
Exegesis
The instrument clause bdivrei david weasaf hachozheh {בְּדִבְרֵי דָוִיד וְאָסָף הַחֹזֶה | bə-ḏî-vrê dā-wîḏ wə-ʾā-sāf hā-ḥō-zêh} ‘with the words of David and Asaph the seer’ specifies the authoritative songs, while addlesimcha {עַד־לְשִׂמְחָה | ʿad-d lə-śim-ḥâ} ‘until gladness’ marks the emotional climax. The paired actions vayikkedu and vayishtachavu depict an escalating worship response: bending at the waist followed by full prostration, conveying deep reverence.
Root and etymology
shin–mem–ḥetshin–mem–chet
“to rejoice”
In context — 2 Chronicles 29:30
And King Hezekiah and the officials said to the Levites, “Praise the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer.” Then they praised until there was gladness, and they bowed and prostrated themselves .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 29:30:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 29:30, so the Hebrew word עַד־לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה (adlesimkha) 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.29.30.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.29.30.W13.S1) and character.