2 Kings 18:17:62 Kgs.18.17.W6TAB

מִן־לָכִ֜ישׁ

minlakhish

from Lachish

Transliteration
min-la-KHISH
Extended
mihn-laa-KHEESH
IPA
/min.laːˈxiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
from Lachish

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Result
מִן + לָ + כִ֜ישׁ
min + la + khish
minlakhish

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    min-la-KHISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    et-tar-TAN ve-et-rav-sa-RIS ve-et-rav-sha-KE min-la-KHISH

  3. clause

    va-yish-LAKH ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-tar-TAN ve-et-rav-sa-RIS ve-et-rav-sha-KE min-la-KHISH el-ha-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu be-KHEIL ka-VED ye-ru-sha-LA-im

  4. sentence

    va-yish-LAKH ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-tar-TAN ve-et-rav-sa-RIS ve-et-rav-sha-KE min-la-KHISH el-ha-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu be-KHEIL ka-VED ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-ya-a-LU va-ya-BO-u ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-ya-a-LU va-ya-BO-u va-ya-am-DU bit-a-LAT ha-be-re-KHA ha-e-lyo-NA a-SHER bim-si-LAT se-DE kho-VES

Exegesis

Prepositional phrases min Lachish {מִן־לָכִישׁ | min lā-ḵîš} ‘from Lachish’ and ’el ham-melekh ḥizqiyahu {אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּ֛הוּ | ’el hā-me-leḵ ḥîz-qîy-yā-hû} ‘to King Hezekiah’ frame the political and geographic context.

In context2 Kings 18:17

Then the king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rav-saris, and Rav-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem, and when they ascended and arrived, they stood at the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washerman’s Field .

About this coordinate

2 Kings 18:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 18:17, so the Hebrew word מִן־לָכִ֜ישׁ (minlakhish) 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.18.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.17.W6.S1) and character.