2 Kings 13:14:22 Kgs.13.14.W2TAB

חָלָ֣ה

khalaa

fell sick

Transliteration
kha-LAA
Extended
khah-LAA
IPA
/ħaˈlaː/

Meaning by language

English
fell sick

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Result
חָ + לָ֣ה
kha + laa
khalaa

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    kha-LAA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    kha-LAA et-kha-le-YOH

  3. clause

    veh-eh-lee-SHAA kha-LAA et-kha-le-YOH ah-SHER yah-MOOT BO

  4. sentence

    veh-eh-lee-SHAA kha-LAA et-kha-le-YOH ah-SHER yah-MOOT BO va-ye-RED e-LAV yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-YEVK al-pa-NAV va-yo-MAR a-VI a-VI RE-khev yis-ra-EL u-fa-ra-SHAV

Exegesis

The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive perfect in ve’elisha {וֶֽאֱלִישָׁע֙ | wə-ʾĕ-lî-šaʿ} followed by chalah {חָלָ֣ה | ḥā-lāh} ‘became sick’, framing Elisha’s condition.

Root and etymology

c-l-hchet–lamed–heh

become weak, fall ill

In context2 Kings 13:14

And Elisha became ill with the sickness that would lead to his death; then Joash, king of Israel, went down to him, wept over his face and said, “My father , my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!”

About this coordinate

2 Kings 13:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 13:14, so the Hebrew word חָלָ֣ה (khalaa) 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 Kgs.13.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.14.W2.S1) and character.