2 Kings 16:7:22 Kgs.16.7.W2TAB
אָחָ֜ז
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
va-yish-LAKH a-KHAZ
- clause
va-yish-LAKH a-KHAZ mal-a-KHIM el-tig-LAT pe-LE-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR le-MOR av-de-KHA u-vin-KHA a-NI
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH a-KHAZ mal-a-KHIM el-tig-LAT pe-LE-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR le-MOR av-de-KHA u-vin-KHA a-NI a-LE ve-ho-shi-E-ni mi-KAF ME-lekh-a-RAM u-mi-KAF ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ha-ko-MIM a-LAI
Root and etymology
ʼ-ḥ-zaleph–chet–zayin
“to seize, grasp”
In context — 2 Kings 16:7
Ahaz dispatched envoys to Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, pleading, “I am your servant and your son. Rise up and save me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are rebelling against me.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 16:7, so the Hebrew word אָחָ֜ז (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.16.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.7.W2.S1) and character.