2 Kings 16:18:22 Kgs.16.18.W2TAB
מוּסַ֨ךְ
musakh
“covered structure or shelter”
- Transliteration
- MU-sakh
- Extended
- MOO-sahkh
- IPA
- /ˈmuːsax/
Meaning by language
- English
- covered structure or shelter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
MU-sakh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-mi-sakh MU-sakh ha-sha-BAT
- clause
ve-ET-mi-sakh MU-sakh ha-sha-BAT a-sher-ba-NU ba-BA-yit ve-ET-me-VO ha-ME-lekh ha-khi-tso-NA he-SEV BET Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ET-mi-sakh MU-sakh ha-sha-BAT a-sher-ba-NU ba-BA-yit ve-ET-me-VO ha-ME-lekh ha-khi-tso-NA he-SEV BET Ye-ho-VAH mi-pe-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The initial phrase preserves a scribal reading pair: misakh {מיסך | miśkāḵ} ‘covering’ (ketiv) alongside musakh {מוּסַךְ | mûsāḵ} ‘covered structure’ (qere), indicating an established tradition about how to read this temple installation; English renders the combined idea as a “covered way.”
Root and etymology
consonantsSamekh–Kaf–Kaf
“to cover”
In context — 2 Kings 16:18
And the Sabbath covered way that they had built in the house, and the king’s outer entrance, he diverted from the house of the LORD because of the king of Assyria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 16:18, so the Hebrew word מוּסַ֨ךְ (musakh) 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.16.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.18.W2.S1) and character.