2 Kings 18:14:52 Kgs.18.14.W5TAB
לָכִ֨ישָׁה
lakhisha
“to Lachish”
- Transliteration
- la-khi-SHA
- Extended
- laa-khih-SHAA
- IPA
- /laːχiˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Lachish
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-khi-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-ME-lekh-a-SHUR la-khi-SHA le-MOR kha-TA-ti
- clause
va-yish-LAKH khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-ME-lekh-a-SHUR la-khi-SHA le-MOR kha-TA-ti SHUV me-a-LAI ET a-sher-ti-TEN a-LAI e-SA
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-ME-lekh-a-SHUR la-khi-SHA le-MOR kha-TA-ti SHUV me-a-LAI ET a-sher-ti-TEN a-LAI e-SA va-ya-SEM ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA she-LOSH me-OT kik-KAR-KE-sef u-she-lo-SHIM kik-KAR za-HAV
Exegesis
Lachish is specified by lakhisha {לָכִישָׁה | lāḵîšāh} as a locative designation.
In context — 2 Kings 18:14
And Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have sinned. Withdraw from me, and whatever you impose upon me I will bear.” Then the king of Assyria imposed on Hezekiah, king of Judah, three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 18:14, so the Hebrew word לָכִ֨ישָׁה (lakhisha) 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.18.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.14.W5.S1) and character.