2 Kings 14:9:72 Kgs.14.9.W7TAB

הַח֜וֹחַ

hakhoakh

the thornbush or thistle

Transliteration
ha-KHO-akh
Extended
hah-KHOH-ahkh
IPA
/haˈħoːaħ/

Meaning by language

English
the thornbush or thistle

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + ח֜וֹ + חַ
ha + kho + akh
hakhoakh

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-KHO-akh

  2. clause

    va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA le-MOR ha-KHO-akh a-SHER bal-le-va-NON sha-LAKH el-ha-E-rez a-SHER bal-le-va-NON le-MOR te-NA-et-bit-te-KHA liv-NI le-ish-SHA

  3. sentence

    va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA le-MOR ha-KHO-akh a-SHER bal-le-va-NON sha-LAKH el-ha-E-rez a-SHER bal-le-va-NON le-MOR te-NA-et-bit-te-KHA liv-NI le-ish-SHA va-ta-a-VOR kha-YAT has-sa-DE a-SHER bal-le-va-NON va-tir-MOS et-ha-KHO-akh

In context2 Kings 14:9

And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “A thistle in Lebanon sent to a cedar there, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild beast of the field in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.”

About this coordinate

2 Kings 14:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 14:9, so the Hebrew word הַח֜וֹחַ (hakhoakh) 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.14.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.9.W7.S1) and character.