2 Kings 18:21:112 Kgs.18.21.W11TAB
יִסָּמֵ֥ךְ
yisamekh
“one will lean”
- Transliteration
- yi-sa-MEKH
- Extended
- yih-sah-MEE-khekh
- IPA
- /jis.saːˈmeːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- one will lean
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
yi-sa-MEKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yi-sa-MEKH ISH
- clause
a-TA hi-NE va-takh-TA le-KHA al-mi-she-E-net ha-ka-NE ha-ra-TSUTS ha-ZE al-mits-ra-YIM a-SHER yi-sa-MEKH ISH a-LAV u-VA ve-kha-PO u-ne-ka-VA
- sentence
a-TA hi-NE va-takh-TA le-KHA al-mi-she-E-net ha-ka-NE ha-ra-TSUTS ha-ZE al-mits-ra-YIM a-SHER yi-sa-MEKH ISH a-LAV u-VA ve-kha-PO u-ne-ka-VA KEN par-O ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM le-khol-ha-bot-khim a-LAV
Exegesis
A relative clause with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă·šer} ‘which’ introduces a conditional Nifal imperfect yissamekh {יִסָּמֵךְ | yiṣ·sā·mekh} ‘he leans’, and the vav-consecutive perfects ū-va {וּבָא | ū·vā} ‘and comes’ and ū-neqavah {וּנְקָבָהּ | ū·neqā·vāh} ‘and it pierces’ describe the immediate consequence.
In context — 2 Kings 18:21
Now, behold, you have trusted upon the staff of this broken reed; on Egypt, which, if a man leans upon it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust upon him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 18:21, so the Hebrew word יִסָּמֵ֥ךְ (yisamekh) 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.18.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.21.W11.S1) and character.