2 Kings 15:8:142 Kgs.15.8.W14TAB
חֳדָשִֽׁים׃
khodashim
“months”
- Transliteration
- kho-da-SHIM
- Extended
- khoh-dah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ħɔ̆daːˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- months
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kho-da-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
shish-SHA kho-da-SHIM
- clause
ma-LAKH ze-khar-ya-HU ven-ya-ra-ve-AM al-yis-ra-EL be-sho-me-RON shish-SHA kho-da-SHIM
- sentence
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM u-she-mo-NE sha-NA la-a-zar-ya-HU ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ma-LAKH ze-khar-ya-HU ven-ya-ra-ve-AM al-yis-ra-EL be-sho-me-RON shish-SHA kho-da-SHIM
Exegesis
Finally, the numeric expression šiššāh ḥōḏāšîm {שִׁשָּׁה חֳדָשִׁים | šiššāh ḥōḏāšîm} functions as a temporal complement denoting the duration of his reign.
Root and etymology
ḥ-d-šḥet–dalet–shin
“to renew”
In context — 2 Kings 15:8
In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned six months.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 15:8, so the Hebrew word חֳדָשִֽׁים׃ (khodashim) 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.15.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.8.W14.S1) and character.