2 Kings 16:11:62 Kgs.16.11.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַח֩
ashershalakh
“that he sent”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-sha-LAKH
- Extended
- ah-shehr-shah-LAKH
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.ʃaˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he sent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-sha-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ke-KHOL a-sher-sha-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ
- clause
ke-KHOL a-sher-sha-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ mid-da-ME-sek KEN a-SA u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN ad-BO ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ mid-da-MA-sek
- sentence
va-yi-VEN u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-miz-BE-akh ke-KHOL a-sher-sha-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ mid-da-ME-sek KEN a-SA u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN ad-BO ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ mid-da-MA-sek
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase kekhol asher-shalach hamméleḵ-ʾĀḥāz middammāśeq {כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַח הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ־אָחָ֜ז מִדַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק | kekōl ʾăšer-šālāḥ hamméleḵ-ʾĀḥāz middammāśeq} ‘according to all that King Ahaz sent from Damascus’ modifies the manner of the building.
Root and etymology
“to send”
In context — 2 Kings 16:11
Thus Uriah the priest built the altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Uriah the priest did so before the king’s return from Damascus.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 16:11, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַח֩ (ashershalakh) 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.16.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.11.W6.S1) and character.