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

Result
לְ + הוֹ + שֵׁ֗ + עַ
le + ho + she + a
lehoshea

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-ho-SHE-a

  2. 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

  3. 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 context2 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.