2 Kings 17:2:52 Kgs.17.2.W5TAB
רַ֗ק
rak
“only or however”
- Transliteration
- RAK
- Extended
- RAHK
- IPA
- /ˈraq/
Meaning by language
- English
- only or however
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
RAK
- clause
RAK LO ke-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL a-SHER ha-YU le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH RAK LO ke-mal-KHE yis-ra-EL a-SHER ha-YU le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The adversative conjunction rak lo {רַק לֹא | raq lō} ‘but not’ introduces a contrast with kemalkei Yisrael {כְּמַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | kə-mal-kê yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘like the kings of Israel’, which the relative clause asher hayu lefanav {אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ לְפָנָיו | ʾă-šer hā-yû le-pā-nāw} ‘who were before him’ specifies. This structure places divine judgment before human comparison, emphasizing the moral contrast with his predecessors.
In context — 2 Kings 17:2
And he did evil in the eyes of the LORD , but not like the kings of Israel who were before him .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 17:2, so the Hebrew word רַ֗ק (rak) 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.17.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.2.W5.S1) and character.