2 Kings 18:16:132 Kgs.18.16.W13TAB
יְהוּדָ֑ה
yehuda
“Judah”
- Transliteration
- ye-hu-DA
- Extended
- yeh-hoo-DAA
- IPA
- /jəhuːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Judah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-hu-DA
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- clause
ba-ET ha-HI ki-TSATS khiz-ki-YA et-dal-TOT he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH ve-et-ha-om-NOT a-SHER tsi-PA khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ba-ET ha-HI ki-TSATS khiz-ki-YA et-dal-TOT he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH ve-et-ha-om-NOT a-SHER tsi-PA khiz-ki-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yit-ne-EM le-ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The appositional identification khizqiyyah melekh yehudah {חִזְקִיָּה מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה | ḥizqiyyāh meleḵ yəhûḏāh} ‘Hezekiah, king of Judah’ heightens the irony: the same king who adorned these elements now removes what he added.
Root and etymology
Rooty-d-h
“to praise”
In context — 2 Kings 18:16
At that time Hezekiah cut off from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the supports which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and he gave them to the king of Assyria.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 18:16, so the Hebrew word יְהוּדָ֑ה (yehuda) 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.18.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.16.W13.S1) and character.