2 Kings 15:12:112 Kgs.15.12.W11TAB
עַל־כִּסֵּ֣א
alkise
“on throne of”
- Transliteration
- al-ki-SE
- Extended
- ahl-kih-SEE
- IPA
- /ʕal.kisˈseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on throne of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
al-ki-SE
- phraseyour reading level
al-ki-SE yis-ra-EL
- clause
HU de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER el-ye-HU le-MOR be-NE re-vi-IM ye-she-VU le-KHA al-ki-SE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
HU de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER el-ye-HU le-MOR be-NE re-vi-IM ye-she-VU le-KHA al-ki-SE yis-ra-EL va-ye-HI-KHEN
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʿal-kissēʾ-Yiśrāʾēl {עַל־כִּסֵּא יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʿal kissēʾ Yiśrāʾēl} ‘on the throne of Israel’ specifies the seat of power.
Root and etymology
כ־ס־א
“seat, throne”
In context — 2 Kings 15:12
This is the word of the LORD which He spoke to Jehu, saying: ‘Sons of the fourth generation will sit for you on the throne of Israel.’ And so it came to pass.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 15:12, so the Hebrew word עַל־כִּסֵּ֣א (alkise) 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.15.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.12.W11.S1) and character.