2 Kings 14:11:22 Kgs.14.11.W2TAB
אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ
amatsyahu
“Amaziah”
- Transliteration
- a-mats-ya-HU
- Extended
- ah-mahts-yah-HOO
- IPA
- /ʔă.mat͡s.jaːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Amaziah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-mats-ya-HU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-SHA-ma a-mats-ya-HU
- clause
ve-LO-SHA-ma a-mats-ya-HU va-YA-al ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-LO-SHA-ma a-mats-ya-HU va-YA-al ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA be-VET SHE-mesh a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The appositional titles yəhōʾāsh meleḵ yisrāʾēl {יְהוֹאָשׁ מֶלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל | yə-hō-ʾāš me-leḵ yis-rā-ʾēl} and amatsyāhû meleḵ yəhûḏāh {אֲמַצְיָהוּ מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה | ʾă-maṣ-yā-hû me-lekh yə-hū-dāh} function in apposition.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-ṣaleph–mem–tsade
“to be strong”
In context — 2 Kings 14:11
Yet Amaziah did not listen , so Jehoash, king of Israel, ascended, and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, confronted each other at Beth-Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 14:11, so the Hebrew word אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ (amatsyahu) 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.14.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.11.W2.S1) and character.