2 Kings 18:19:112 Kgs.18.19.W11TAB
מָ֧ה
ma
“what”
- Transliteration
- MA
- Extended
- MAA
- IPA
- /maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
MA
- phraseyour reading level
MA ha-bit-ta-KHON
- clause
ko-A-mar ha-ME-lekh ha-ga-DOL ME-lekh a-SHUR MA ha-bit-ta-KHON ha-ZE a-SHER ba-TAKH-ta
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM rav-sha-KE im-ru-NA el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ko-A-mar ha-ME-lekh ha-ga-DOL ME-lekh a-SHUR MA ha-bit-ta-KHON ha-ZE a-SHER ba-TAKH-ta
Exegesis
The interrogative māh ha-biṭ-ḥôn ha-zzēh ʾăšer baṭaḥtā {מָה הַבִּטָּחוֹן הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר בָּטַחְתָּ | māh ha-biṭ-ḥôn ha-zzēh ʾăšer baṭaḥtā} ‘What is this confidence in which you trusted?’ combines an interrogative pronoun with a relative clause to challenge Hezekiah’s reliance.
In context — 2 Kings 18:19
And Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What is this confidence in which you have put your trust?”’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:19:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 18:19, so the Hebrew word מָ֧ה (ma) 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.18.19.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.19.W11.S1) and character.