2 Kings 16:5:112 Kgs.16.5.W11TAB
עַל־אָחָ֔ז
alakhaz
“against Ahaz”
- Transliteration
- al-a-KHAZ
- Extended
- ahl-ah-KHAAZ
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʔaːˈħaːz/
Meaning by language
- English
- against Ahaz
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-a-KHAZ
- clause
va-ya-tsu-RU al-a-KHAZ ve-LO ya-khe-LU le-hil-la-KHEM
- sentence
AZ ya-a-LE re-TSIN ME-lekh-a-RAM u-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-ya-HU ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ye-ru-sha-LIM lam-mil-kha-MA va-ya-tsu-RU al-a-KHAZ ve-LO ya-khe-LU le-hil-la-KHEM
Exegesis
The narrative continues with vayatsuru {וַיָּצֻרוּ | vá-ya-ṣû-rū}, a plural imperfect indicating the coalition’s siege against Ahaz via al-akhaz {עַל־אָחָז | al-’ā-ḥāz}.
Root and etymology
ʼ-ḥ-zaleph–chet–zayin
“to seize, grasp”
In context — 2 Kings 16:5
Then Retsin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel went up to Jerusalem to make war , and they besieged Ahaz , but they were not able to fight him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 16:5, so the Hebrew word עַל־אָחָ֔ז (alakhaz) 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.16.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.5.W11.S1) and character.