2 Kings 16:1:42 Kgs.16.1.W4TAB
לְפֶ֖קַח
lepekakh
“to Pekah”
- Transliteration
- le-PE-kakh
- Extended
- leh-PEH-kahkh
- IPA
- /ləˈfɛ.qaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Pekah
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-PE-kakh
- clause
bish-NAT she-VA-E-sre sha-NA le-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu
- sentence
bish-NAT she-VA-E-sre sha-NA le-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu ma-LAKH a-KHAZ ben-yo-TAM ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
In context — 2 Kings 16:1
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham took up rule over Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 16:1, so the Hebrew word לְפֶ֖קַח (lepekakh) 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.16.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.1.W4.S1) and character.