2 Kings 17:6:32 Kgs.17.6.W3TAB
לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַ
lehoshea
“to Hoshea”
- Transliteration
- le-ho-SHE-a
- Extended
- leh-hoh-SHEH-ah
- IPA
- /ləhoːˈʃeːaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Hoshea
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
le-ho-SHE-a
- clause
bish-NAT hat-te-shi-IIT le-ho-SHE-a la-KHAD ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-shom-RON va-ye-GEL et-yis-ra-EL a-SHU-ra
- sentence
bish-NAT hat-te-shi-IIT le-ho-SHE-a la-KHAD ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-shom-RON va-ye-GEL et-yis-ra-EL a-SHU-ra va-yo-SHEV o-TAM ba-kh-LAKH u-ve-kha-VOR ne-HAR go-ZAN ve-a-REI ma-DAI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lehoshea {לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַ | lə-hō-šê‘a} marks the count of the reign.
In context — 2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and exiled Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah and in Habor, by the river of Gozan, and in the towns of Media .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 17:6, so the Hebrew word לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַ (lehoshea) 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.17.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.6.W3.S1) and character.