2 Kings 14:13:162 Kgs.14.13.W16TAB
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם
yerushalaim
“Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- Extended
- yeh-roo-shah-LAH-ihm
- IPA
- /jə.ruː.ʃaːˈla.im/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jerusalem
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- phraseyour reading level
va-yif-ROTS be-kho-MAT ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- clause
ve-ya-VO-u va-ya-VO ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yif-ROTS be-kho-MAT ye-ru-sha-LA-im be-SHA-ar e-fra-YIM ad-SHA-ar ha-pin-NA ar-BA me-OT a-MA
- sentence
ve-ET a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA ben-ye-ho-ASH ben-a-khaz-ya-HU ta-FAS ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-VET sha-MESH ve-ya-VO-u va-ya-VO ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yif-ROTS be-kho-MAT ye-ru-sha-LA-im be-SHA-ar e-fra-YIM ad-SHA-ar ha-pin-NA ar-BA me-OT a-MA
Exegesis
Spatial relations are defined by bə-bēt šemeš {בְּבֵית־שֶׁמֶשׁ | bə-bēt šemeš} ‘at Beth Shemesh’, then bə-ḥōmāṯ yərūšālayim {בְּחוֹמַת יְרוּשָׁלִַם | bə-ḥōmāṯ yərūšālayim} ‘in the wall of Jerusalem’, with endpoints be-šaʿar ʾeprāyim {בְּשַׁעַר אֶפְרַיִם | bə-šaʿar ʾeprāyim} ‘from the Ephraim Gate’ and ʿad-šaʿar hapinnāh {עַד־שַׁעַר הַפִּנָּה | ʿad-šaʿar hapinnāh} ‘to the Corner Gate’.
In context — 2 Kings 14:13
And Joash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh . Then he proceeded to Jerusalem and broke open the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, covering four hundred cubits .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:13:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 14:13, so the Hebrew word יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם (yerushalaim) 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.14.13.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.13.W16.S1) and character.