2 Kings 16:8:132 Kgs.16.8.W13TAB
שֹֽׁחַד׃
shokhad
“a bribe”
- Transliteration
- SHO-khad
- Extended
- SHOH-khahd
- IPA
- /ˈʃoːħad/
Meaning by language
- English
- a bribe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHO-khad
- clause
va-yish-LAKH le-ME-lekh-a-SHUR SHO-khad
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-KHAZ et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ha-nim-TSA BET Ye-ho-VAH u-ve-ots-re-OT BET ha-ME-lekh va-yish-LAKH le-ME-lekh-a-SHUR SHO-khad
Exegesis
The second vav-consecutive verb vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח | wayyiš-lāḥ} ‘and he sent’ governs shochad {שֹֽׁחַד | šō-ḥaḏ} ‘tribute’ directed le-melekh-Ashur {לְמֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר | lə-mme-lek̄-’aššûr} ‘to the king of Assyria’. The formal rendering “present” and the dynamic “payment” for shochad reflect respectively a ceremonial offering and a political transaction.
Root and etymology
ש־ח־ד
“influence by gift”
In context — 2 Kings 16:8
Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the royal storerooms, and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 16:8, so the Hebrew word שֹֽׁחַד׃ (shokhad) 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.16.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.8.W13.S1) and character.