2 Kings 18:1:42 Kgs.18.1.W4TAB
לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ho-SHE-a
- phraseyour reading level
le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la
- clause
va-ye-HI bish-NAT sha-LOSH le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI bish-NAT sha-LOSH le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ma-LAKH khiz-ki-YA ven-a-KHAZ ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The phrase lə·hō·šê·a ben-ʾê·lā mê·leḵ yîs·rə·ˈʾēl {לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ בֶּן־אֵלָ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | lə·hō·šê·a ben-ʾê·lā mê·leḵ yîs·rə·ˈʾēl} forms a nominal apposition specifying the northern monarch.
In context — 2 Kings 18:1
And it happened in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 18:1, so the Hebrew word לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ (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.18.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.1.W4.S1) and character.