2 Kings 16:5:142 Kgs.16.5.W14TAB
לְהִלָּחֵֽם׃
lehillakhem
“to fight”
- Transliteration
- le-hil-la-KHEM
- Extended
- leh-hihl-lah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /ləhil.laːˈħeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to fight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-hil-la-KHEM
- 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 paired negation velo yakhlu lehilachem {וְלֹ֥א יָכְלוּ לְהִלָּחֵֽם | wə-lō yāḵ-lū lə-hi-lla-ḥê-m} forms a negated infinitive construction expressing inability, thus emphasizing the campaign’s failure despite the siege.
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 16:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 16:5, so the Hebrew word לְהִלָּחֵֽם׃ (lehillakhem) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.5.W14.S1) and character.