2 Kings 18:10:22 Kgs.18.10.W2TAB
מִקְצֵה֙
miktse
“from the end of”
- Transliteration
- mik-TSE
- Extended
- mihk-TSEE
- IPA
- /miqˈtseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the end of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mik-TSE
- clause
va-yil-KHU-du-HA mik-TSE sha-LOSH sha-NIM bish-NAT-SHESH le-khiz-ki-YA
- sentence
va-yil-KHU-du-HA mik-TSE sha-LOSH sha-NIM bish-NAT-SHESH le-khiz-ki-YA HI she-NAT-TE-sha le-ho-SHE-a ME-lekh yis-ra-EL nil-ke-DA shom-RON
Exegesis
The construct phrase miqṣe šāloš šānîm {מִקְצֵה שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים | miqṣe šāloš šānîm} specifies the siege’s duration.
In context — 2 Kings 18:10
And they captured it at the end of three years. In the sixth year of Hezekiah , which was the ninth year of Hoshea , king of Israel, Samaria was captured.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 18:10, so the Hebrew word מִקְצֵה֙ (miktse) 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.18.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.10.W2.S1) and character.