2 Kings 13:19:72 Kgs.13.19.W7TAB
חָמֵ֤שׁ
khamesh
“five”
- Transliteration
- kha-MESH
- Extended
- khaa-MEHSH
- IPA
- /ħaːˈmeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- five
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-MESH
- phraseyour reading level
le-hak-KHOT kha-MESH o-SHESH
- clause
va-yik-TSOF a-LAV ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER le-hak-KHOT kha-MESH o-SHESH pe-a-MIM AZ hi-ki-TA et-a-RAM ad-kal-LE
- sentence
va-yik-TSOF a-LAV ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER le-hak-KHOT kha-MESH o-SHESH pe-a-MIM AZ hi-ki-TA et-a-RAM ad-kal-LE ve-a-TA sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM tak-KE et-a-RAM
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the Hiphil infinitive construct lehakot {לְהַכּוֹת | lə-ḥăqqōṯ} ‘to strike’ governs the numerals chamesh ʾō-šeš pəʿāmîm {חָמֵשׁ אוֹ־שֵׁשׁ פְּעָמִים | ḥāmēš ʾō-šeš pəʿāmîm} ‘five or six times’, expressing hypothetical repeated action.
In context — 2 Kings 13:19
And the man of God became angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Aram until it was completely destroyed . But now you will strike Aram only three times.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 13:19, so the Hebrew word חָמֵ֤שׁ (khamesh) 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.13.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.19.W7.S1) and character.