2 Kings 15:8:52 Kgs.15.8.W5TAB
לַעֲזַרְיָ֖הוּ
laazaryahu
“to Azariah”
- Transliteration
- la-a-zar-ya-HU
- Extended
- lah-ah-zahr-yah-HOO
- IPA
- /laʕăzarjaːˈhuː/
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-a-zar-ya-HU
- clause
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM u-she-mo-NE sha-NA la-a-zar-ya-HU ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- 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
The construct chain laʿăzaryāhû mēleḵ yəhûḏāh {לַעֲזַרְיָהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה | laʿăzaryāhû mēleḵ yəhûḏāh} identifies Azariah as king of Judah.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Zayin–Resh
“help”
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 15:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 15:8, so the Hebrew word לַעֲזַרְיָ֖הוּ (laazaryahu) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.8.W5.S1) and character.