2 Kings 18:19:32 Kgs.18.19.W3TAB
רַב־שָׁקֵ֔ה
ravshake
“the Rabshakeh”
- Transliteration
- rav-sha-KE
- Extended
- rahv-shah-KEH
- IPA
- /rav.ʃaːˈqeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Rabshakeh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
rav-sha-KE
- clause
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM rav-sha-KE im-ru-NA el-khiz-ki-YA-hu
- 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 prepositional phrase ʾălêhem {אֲלֵהֶם | ʾălêhem} ‘to them’ frames the intermediaries before identifying rav-šāqēh {רַב־שָׁקֵה | rav-šāqēh} ‘Rabshakeh’ as the Assyrian envoy.
Root and etymology
r-b-b
“chief, great one”
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 18:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 18:19, so the Hebrew word רַב־שָׁקֵ֔ה (ravshake) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.19.W3.S1) and character.