2 Chronicles 32:5:152 Chr.32.5.W15TAB
שֶׁ֛לַח
shelakh
“weapon or missile”
- Transliteration
- she-LAKH
- Extended
- sheh-LAHKH
- IPA
- /ʃɛˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- weapon or missile
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS she-LAKH
- clause
va-ya-AS she-LAKH la-ROV u-ma-gin-NIM
- sentence
va-yit-kha-ZAK va-yi-VEN et-KOL-ha-kho-MA ha-pe-ru-TSa va-ya-AL al-ha-mig-da-LOT ve-la-khu-TSA ha-kho-MA a-KHE-ret va-ye-kha-ZEK et-ha-mi-LO IR da-VID va-ya-AS she-LAKH la-ROV u-ma-gin-NIM
Exegesis
Finally, the accumulation of shelach {שֶׁלַח | śē-lāḥ} ‘javelin’ and maginim {מָגִנִּֽים | magginnîm} ‘shields’ with lā-rōḇ ‘in abundance’ underscores the scale of armament. English renders these as past tense verbs and adapts word order for clarity while preserving narrative sequence and strategic emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-lamed-chet
“to send”
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:5
And Hezekiah strengthened himself, built up all the broken wall and raised it upon the towers , and outside another wall; and he reinforced the terrace of the City of David, and made weapons in abundance and shields.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 32:5, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֛לַח (shelakh) 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.32.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.5.W15.S1) and character.