2 Kings 13:22:42 Kgs.13.22.W4TAB
לָחַ֖ץ
lakhats
“oppressed”
- Transliteration
- la-KHATS
- Extended
- lah-KHAHTS
- IPA
- /laːˈħats/
Meaning by language
- English
- oppressed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-KHATS
- clause
va-kha-za-EL ME-lekh a-RAM la-KHATS et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-kha-za-EL ME-lekh a-RAM la-KHATS et-yis-ra-EL KOL ye-ME ye-ho-a-KHAZ
Exegesis
The perfect tense lachats {לָחַ֖ץ | lā-ḥaṣ} denotes completed action understood as continuous oppression.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-ṣlamed–ḥet–tsade
“to press, oppress”
In context — 2 Kings 13:22
And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout all the days of Jehoahaz .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 13:22, so the Hebrew word לָחַ֖ץ (lakhats) 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.13.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.22.W4.S1) and character.