2 Chronicles 30:8:22 Chr.30.8.W2TAB
אַל־תַּקְשׁ֥וּ
altakeshu
“do not harden”
- Transliteration
- al-ta-KE-shu
- Extended
- ahl-tah-KEH-shoo
- IPA
- /ʔal.ta.qˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not harden
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
al-ta-KE-shu
- phraseyour reading level
al-ta-KE-shu ar-pe-KHEM
- clause
A-ta al-ta-KE-shu ar-pe-KHEM ka-a-vo-te-KHEM
- sentence
A-ta al-ta-KE-shu ar-pe-KHEM ka-a-vo-te-KHEM te-nu-YAD la-ye-ho-VAH u-VO-u le-mik-da-SHO a-SHER hik-di-SHISH le-o-LAM ve-iv-DU et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM ve-ya-SHOV mi-KKEM kha-RON AP-po
Exegesis
The verse unfolds as a sequence of coordinated imperatives introduced by ʿattāh {עַתָּה | ʿattāh} ‘now’, followed by the idiom ʼal-taqšû ʿorpəkhem {אַל־תַּקְשׁ֥וּ עָרְפְּכֶם | ’al-taqšû ʿorpəkhem} ‘do not harden your necks’, a metaphor for stubborn resistance.
In context — 2 Chronicles 30:8
Now do not harden your necks as your fathers did; give your hand to the LORD , and come to His sanctuary which He has consecrated forever, and serve the LORD your God , so that the fierceness of His anger may turn away from you.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 30:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 30:8, so the Hebrew word אַל־תַּקְשׁ֥וּ (altakeshu) 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.30.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.30.8.W2.S1) and character.