2 Kings 15:17:52 Kgs.15.17.W5TAB
לַעֲזַרְיָ֖ה
laazarya
“to Azariah”
- Transliteration
- la-a-zar-YA
- Extended
- lah-ah-zahr-YAA
- IPA
- /la.ʕă.zarˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Azariah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
la-a-zar-YA
- clause
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha sha-NA la-a-zar-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha sha-NA la-a-zar-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA MA-lakh me-na-KHEM ben-GA-di al-yis-ra-EL E-ser sha-NIM be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The segment laʿăzaryāh melek yəhūḏāh {לַעֲזַרְיָה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה | laʿăzaryāh melek yəhūḏāh} ‘of Azariah king of Judah’ anchors the chronology.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Zayin–Resh
“help”
In context — 2 Kings 15:17
In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned ten years in Samaria .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 15:17, so the Hebrew word לַעֲזַרְיָ֖ה (laazarya) 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.15.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.17.W5.S1) and character.