2 Kings 16:5:52 Kgs.16.5.W5TAB
וּפֶ֨קַח
upekakh
“and Pekah”
- Transliteration
- u-PE-kakh
- Extended
- oo-PEH-kahkh
- IPA
- /uːˈfɛqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Pekah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-PE-kakh
- phraseyour reading level
u-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-ya-HU ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- clause
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
- 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 subjects are two construct noun phrases, retsin melech-aram {רְצִן מֶלֶךְ־אֲרָם | reṣīn mê-leḵ-’ă-rām} and pekah ben-remalyahu {פֶקַח בֶּן־רְמַלְיָהוּ | pē-qaḥ ben-rə-mal-yā-hû}, specifying the rulers.
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 16:5:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 16:5, so the Hebrew word וּפֶ֨קַח (upekakh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.5.W5.S1) and character.