2 Kings 16:11:82 Kgs.16.11.W8TAB

אָחָ֜ז

akhaz

Ahaz

Transliteration
a-KHAZ
Extended
aa-KHAAZ
IPA
/ʔaːˈħaːz/

Meaning by language

English
Ahaz

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אָ + חָ֜ז
a + khaz
akhaz

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Zayinz as in zero

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    a-KHAZ

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ke-KHOL a-sher-sha-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ

  3. 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

  4. 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.

The temporal ʿad-bōʾ hamméleḵ-ʾĀḥāz middammāśeq {עַד־בּוֹא הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־אָחָ֖ז מִדַּמָּֽשֶׂק | ʿad-bōʾ hamméleḵ-ʾĀḥāz middammāśeq} ‘until the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus’ sets a boundary that the work was completed before the king’s arrival. The repetition of subject and verb highlights Uriah’s faithful adherence to royal instruction over the designated period.

Root and etymology

ʼ-ḥ-zaleph–chet–zayin

to seize, grasp

In context2 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 16:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 16:11, so the Hebrew word אָחָ֜ז (akhaz) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.11.W8.S1) and character.