2 Kings 14:19:62 Kgs.14.19.W6TAB
לָכִ֑ישָׁה
lakhisha
“to Lachish”
- Transliteration
- la-KHI-sha
- Extended
- laa-KHEE-shah
- IPA
- /laːˈxiː.ʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Lachish
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-KHI-sha
- phraseyour reading level
va-NAS la-KHI-sha
- clause
va-yik-she-RU a-LAV KE-sher bi-ru-sha-LIM va-NAS la-KHI-sha
- sentence
va-yik-she-RU a-LAV KE-sher bi-ru-sha-LIM va-NAS la-KHI-sha va-yish-le-KHU a-kha-RAV la-KHI-sha va-ye-mi-TU-hu SHAM
Exegesis
The repeated destination lakhishah {לָכִישָׁה | lā-qî-šāh} frames both refuge and pursuit.
In context — 2 Kings 14:19
They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. Then they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 14:19, so the Hebrew word לָכִ֑ישָׁה (lakhisha) 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.14.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.19.W6.S1) and character.