2 Kings 14:23:42 Kgs.14.23.W4TAB
לַאֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ
laamatsyahu
“to Amaziah”
- Transliteration
- la-a-mats-ya-HU
- Extended
- lah-ah-mahts-yah-HOO
- IPA
- /laʔă.maʦ.jaːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Amaziah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
la-a-mats-ya-HU
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-mats-ya-HU ben-yo-ASH
- clause
bish-NAT kha-MESH-eS-re sha-NA la-a-mats-ya-HU ben-yo-ASH ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT kha-MESH-eS-re sha-NA la-a-mats-ya-HU ben-yo-ASH ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH ya-rav-AM ben-yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-SHO-me-RON ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA
Exegesis
The construct la-amatsyahu {לַאֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ | la-’ămāṣya-hû} “to Amaziah” links this timeframe to the Judahite ruler.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-ṣaleph–mem–tsade
“to be strong”
In context — 2 Kings 14:23
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria; he reigned forty-one years.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 14:23, so the Hebrew word לַאֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ (laamatsyahu) 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.14.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.23.W4.S1) and character.