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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-LAA
- phraseyour reading level
kha-LAA et-kha-le-YOH
- clause
veh-eh-lee-SHAA kha-LAA et-kha-le-YOH ah-SHER yah-MOOT BO
- 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 context — 2 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.