2 Kings 18:15:22 Kgs.18.15.W2TAB
חִזְקִיָּ֔ה
khizkiya
“Hezekiah”
- Transliteration
- khiz-ki-YA
- Extended
- khihz-kih-YAA
- IPA
- /ħiz.qijˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Hezekiah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khiz-ki-YA
- clause
va-yit-TEN khiz-ki-YA et-KOL-ha-KE-sef ha-nim-TSA vet-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yit-TEN khiz-ki-YA et-KOL-ha-KE-sef ha-nim-TSA vet-ye-ho-VAH u-ve-ots-ROT BET ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The following proper name ḥizqiyyāh {חִזְקִיָּ֔ה | ḥizqiyyāh} anchors the event historically.
Root and etymology
ḥ-z-q
“to be strong”
In context — 2 Kings 18:15
And Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 18:15, so the Hebrew word חִזְקִיָּ֔ה (khizkiya) 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.18.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.15.W2.S1) and character.