2 Kings 15:29:22 Kgs.15.29.W2TAB
פֶּ֣קַח
pekakh
“Pekah”
- Transliteration
- PE-kakh
- Extended
- PEH-kahkh
- IPA
- /ˈpɛ.qaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Pekah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PE-kakh
- phraseyour reading level
PE-kakh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- clause
bi-ME PE-kakh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL BA tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh a-SHUR va-yik-KAKH et-i-YON ve-et-a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA ve-et-ya-NO-khakh ve-et-KE-desh ve-et-kha-TSOR ve-et-ha-gil-AD ve-et-ha-ga-li-LA KOL E-rets naf-ta-LI
- sentence
bi-ME PE-kakh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL BA tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh a-SHUR va-yik-KAKH et-i-YON ve-et-a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA ve-et-ya-NO-khakh ve-et-KE-desh ve-et-kha-TSOR ve-et-ha-gil-AD ve-et-ha-ga-li-LA KOL E-rets naf-ta-LI va-yag-LEM a-shu-RA
Exegesis
This is followed by two paratactic noun phrases—Pekach melech Yisrael {פֶּ֣קַח מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | Pəqaḥ mê-lekh yiś-rā’êl} and Tiglat Pileser melech Asshur {תִּגְלַ֣ת פִּלְאֶסֶר֮ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁוּר֒ | ṯiġ-lat pîl’ĕ-ser mê-lekh ’aš-šur}, which contrast the Israelite and Assyrian rulers.
In context — 2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, the Gilead, and the Galilee—all the land of Naphtali —and he exiled them to Assyria .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 15:29, so the Hebrew word פֶּ֣קַח (pekakh) 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.15.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.29.W2.S1) and character.