2 Chronicles 3:8:42 Chr.3.8.W4TAB
אָרְכּ֞וֹ
orko
“its length”
- Transliteration
- OR-KO
- Extended
- OHR-koh
- IPA
- /ʔɔːrˈkoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- its length
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
OR-KO
- clause
va-ya-AS ET-BET-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM OR-KO al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-rokh-BO a-MOT e-se-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-AS ET-BET-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM OR-KO al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-rokh-BO a-MOT e-se-RIM va-ye-kha-PE-hu za-HAV TOV le-khi-ka-RIM SHESH me-OT
Exegesis
The nominal element ʼôrēqô {אָרְכּ֞וֹ | ’ôrᵊqô} is linked by the comparative preposition ʿal-pənê {עַל־פְּנֵ֤י | ʿal-pənê} ‘upon the surface of’ to rō-ḥaḇ-hā-bā-yīt {רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ | rō-ḥaḇ-hā-bā-yīt} ‘width of the house’, establishing proportional dimensions.
In context — 2 Chronicles 3:8
And he made the Most Holy Place ; it measured twenty cubits by twenty cubits, its length matching the width of the house. He overlaid it with fine gold for six hundred talents .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 3:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 3:8, so the Hebrew word אָרְכּ֞וֹ (orko) 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.3.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.3.8.W4.S1) and character.