2 Kings 16:2:32 Kgs.16.2.W3TAB
אָחָ֣ז
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KHAZ
- phraseyour reading level
a-KHAZ be-mal-KHO
- clause
ben-E-srim sha-NA a-KHAZ be-mal-KHO ve-shesh-E-sri sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ben-E-srim sha-NA a-KHAZ be-mal-KHO ve-shesh-E-sri sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-lo-a-SA ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV ke-da-VID a-VIV
Root and etymology
ʼ-ḥ-zaleph–chet–zayin
“to seize, grasp”
In context — 2 Kings 16:2
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he ruled sixteen years in Jerusalem; yet he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God , as David his father had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 16:2, so the Hebrew word אָחָ֣ז (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.16.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.2.W3.S1) and character.