2 Kings 14:11:42 Kgs.14.11.W4TAB
יְהוֹאָ֤שׁ
yehoash
“Jehoash”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-ASH
- Extended
- yeh-hoh-ASH
- IPA
- /jəhoːˈʔaːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jehoash
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ho-ASH
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-al ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- 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.
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 14:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 14:11, so the Hebrew word יְהוֹאָ֤שׁ (yehoash) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.11.W4.S1) and character.