2 Kings 14:4:12 Kgs.14.4.W1TAB
רַ֥ק
rak
“only”
- Transliteration
- RAK
- Extended
- RAHK
- IPA
- /ˈraq/
Meaning by language
- English
- only
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RAK
- phraseyour reading level
RAK ha-ba-MOT
- clause
RAK ha-ba-MOT lo-SA-RU
- sentence
RAK ha-ba-MOT lo-SA-RU OD ha-AM me-zab-KHIM u-me-kat-RIM ba-ba-MOT
Exegesis
The sentence opens with the restrictor raq {רַק | raq} ‘only’, marking an exception to what precedes: the focus falls on ha-bamot {הַבָּמוֹת | habbāmôt} ‘the high places’.
In context — 2 Kings 14:4
Only the high places were not removed ; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 14:4, so the Hebrew word רַ֥ק (rak) 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.14.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.4.W1.S1) and character.