2 Kings 16:17:32 Kgs.16.17.W3TAB
אָחָ֜ז
akhaz
“Ahaz”
- Transliteration
- a-KHAZ
- Extended
- aa-KHAAZ
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈħaːz/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ahaz
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero |
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Word in context
- word
a-KHAZ
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-KA-tsets ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ
- clause
va-ye-KA-tsets ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ et-ha-mis-ge-ROT ha-me-kho-NOT va-ya-SAR me-a-le-HEM ve-et-et-ha-ki-YOR ve-et-ha-YAM ho-RID me-AL ha-ba-KAR ha-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER ta-khe-TE-ha
- sentence
va-ye-KA-tsets ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ et-ha-mis-ge-ROT ha-me-kho-NOT va-ya-SAR me-a-le-HEM ve-et-et-ha-ki-YOR ve-et-ha-YAM ho-RID me-AL ha-ba-KAR ha-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER ta-khe-TE-ha va-yit-TEN o-TO AL mar-TSE-fet a-va-NIM
Root and etymology
ʼ-ḥ-zaleph–chet–zayin
“to seize, grasp”
In context — 2 Kings 16:17
And King Ahaz cut off the frames of the stands, and he removed the basin from upon them, and he brought down the Sea from on top of the bronze oxen which were under it, and he placed it upon a pavement of stones.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 16:17, 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.16.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.17.W3.S1) and character.