2 Kings 15:21:32 Kgs.15.21.W3TAB
מְנַחֵ֖ם
menakhem
“Menahem”
- Transliteration
- me-na-KHEM
- Extended
- meh-nah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /mənaˈħeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Menahem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-na-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
div-RE me-na-KHEM
- clause
ve-YE-ter div-RE me-na-KHEM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE me-na-KHEM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-heM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
This is followed by divrei {דִּבְרֵ֥י | dib-rê} “words” in construct relation with menachem {מְנַחֵ֖ם | mə-nā-ḥêm}, forming a possessive.
Root and etymology
n-ḥ-mnun–ḥet–mem
“to comfort”
In context — 2 Kings 15:21
And the rest of the words of Menahem and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 15:21, so the Hebrew word מְנַחֵ֖ם (menakhem) 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.15.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.21.W3.S1) and character.