2 Kings 17:28:122 Kgs.17.28.W12TAB
אֵ֖יךְ
ekh
“how”
- Transliteration
- EKH
- Extended
- EEKH
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- how
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
EKH
- clause
va-ye-HI mo-RE o-TAM EKH yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-LU mish-sho-me-RON va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT-EL va-ye-HI mo-RE o-TAM EKH yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The interrogative adverb eykh {אֵיךְ | ê-ykh} introduces the instruction governed by the cohortative yir’u {יִירְאוּ | yi-rᵊʾû}, “should fear.”
In context — 2 Kings 17:28
Then one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came and settled in Bethel, and he became their teacher, instructing them how they should fear the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:28:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 17:28, so the Hebrew word אֵ֖יךְ (ekh) 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.17.28.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.28.W12.S1) and character.