2 Chronicles 32:2:42 Chr.32.2.W4TAB
סַנְחֵרִ֑יב
sankheriv
“Sennacherib”
- Transliteration
- san-khe-RIV
- Extended
- sahn-kheh-REEV
- IPA
- /san.ħeːˈriːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sennacherib
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
san-khe-RIV
- clause
va-YAR ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ki-VA san-khe-RIV
- sentence
va-YAR ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ki-VA san-khe-RIV u-fa-NAV lam-mil-kha-MA al-ye-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The clause ba sennacherib {בָ֖א סַנְחֵרִ֑יב | bāʼ sanḥērîḇ} ‘Sennacherib came’ situates the Assyrian arrival.
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:2
And Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that his face was set for war against Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 32:2, so the Hebrew word סַנְחֵרִ֑יב (sankheriv) 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.32.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.2.W4.S1) and character.