2 Kings 17:6:42 Kgs.17.6.W4TAB
לָכַ֤ד
lakhad
“captured”
- Transliteration
- la-KHAD
- Extended
- laa-KHAD
- IPA
- /laːˈχad/
Meaning by language
- English
- captured
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
la-KHAD
- phraseyour reading level
la-KHAD ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- 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 main verb lakad {לָכַד | lā-kad} ‘he captured’ is in Qal perfect third person masculine singular.
Root and etymology
l-k-dlamed–kaph–dalet
“to capture, seize”
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 17:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 17:6, so the Hebrew word לָכַ֤ד (lakhad) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.6.W4.S1) and character.