2 Kings 13:16:62 Kgs.13.16.W6TAB
עַל־הַקֶּ֔שֶׁת
alhakeshet
“on the bow”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-KE-shet
- Extended
- ahl-hah-KEH-sheht
- IPA
- /ʕal.haqˈqɛ.ʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the bow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-KE-shet
- clause
va-yoh-MER leh-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL har-KEV YAD-kha al-ha-KE-shet va-yar-KEV ya-DO
- sentence
va-yoh-MER leh-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL har-KEV YAD-kha al-ha-KE-shet va-yar-KEV ya-DO va-YA-sem e-li-SHA ya-DAIV al-ye-DEE ha-ME-lekh
Root and etymology
q-š-tqof–shin–tav
“bow, arc”
In context — 2 Kings 13:16
And he said to the king of Israel, “Place your hand upon the bow .” So he placed his hand, and Elisha set his hands upon the king’s hands.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 13:16, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַקֶּ֔שֶׁת (alhakeshet) 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.13.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.16.W6.S1) and character.