2 Kings 13:14:32 Kgs.13.14.W3TAB
אֶת־חָלְי֔וֹ
etkhaleyoh
“his sickness”
- Transliteration
- et-kha-le-YOH
- Extended
- eht-khah-leh-YOH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.xaˈljoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his sickness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-kha-le-YOH
- 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 object phrase et-cholyo {אֶת־חָלְי֔וֹ | ʾet-ḥallî-yô} ‘his illness’ is marked by the accusative particle et, and the relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ with the imperfect yamut {יָמ֖וּת | yā-mût} ‘would die’ and locative bo {בּ֑וֹ | bō} ‘in it’ specifies the fatal nature of the disease.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–lamed–he
“to be weak, entreat, seek favor”
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 13:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 13:14, so the Hebrew word אֶת־חָלְי֔וֹ (etkhaleyoh) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.14.W3.S1) and character.