2 Kings 15:37:32 Kgs.15.37.W3TAB
הֵחֵ֣ל
hekhel
“he began”
- Transliteration
- he-KHEL
- Extended
- hee-KHEEL
- IPA
- /heːˈħeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- he began
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-KHEL
- phraseyour reading level
he-KHEL ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM he-KHEL ye-ho-VAH le-hash-li-AKH bi-ye-hu-DA re-TSIN ME-lekh a-RAM
- sentence
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM he-KHEL ye-ho-VAH le-hash-li-AKH bi-ye-hu-DA re-TSIN ME-lekh a-RAM ve-ET PE-kakh ben-re-mal-ya-HU
Exegesis
The main clause centers on hechel {הֵחֵל | hē-ḥēl} ‘he began’, a Hiphil perfect that highlights the initiation of a new phase in events, with YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} as the explicit subject to foreground divine agency.
Root and etymology
consonantsChet–Lamed–Lamed
“to begin”
In context — 2 Kings 15:37
In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:37:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 15:37, so the Hebrew word הֵחֵ֣ל (hekhel) 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.15.37.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.37.W3.S1) and character.