2 Chronicles 32:9:32 Chr.32.9.W3TAB
שָׁ֠לַח
shalakh
“he sent”
- Transliteration
- sha-LAKH
- Extended
- shaa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /ʃaˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he sent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
sha-LAKH
- clause
a-KHAR ZE sha-LAKH san-khe-RIV ME-lekh-a-SHUR a-va-DAV ye-ru-sha-LAI-ma ve-HU al-la-KHISH ve-khal-mem-shal-TO i-MO
- sentence
a-KHAR ZE sha-LAKH san-khe-RIV ME-lekh-a-SHUR a-va-DAV ye-ru-sha-LAI-ma ve-HU al-la-KHISH ve-khal-mem-shal-TO i-MO al-ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ve-al-kol-ye-hu-DA a-SHER bi-ru-sha-LIM le-MOR
Exegesis
The Qal perfect shalach {שָׁ֠לַח | šā-laḥ} ‘he sent’ serves as the main verb, taking sanḥeriv melekh-ʾashshur {סַנְחֵרִ֨יב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֤וּר | san-ḥeriv me-lekh-ʾaš-šūr} ‘Sennacherib, king of Assyria’ as subject.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-lamed-chet
“to send”
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:9
After this, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent his servants to Jerusalem while he himself was at Lachish with all his army , to Hezekiah, king of Judah, and to all Judah in Jerusalem, saying:
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 32:9, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֠לַח (shalakh) 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.32.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.9.W3.S1) and character.