2 Kings 18:21:52 Kgs.18.21.W5TAB
עַל־מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩
almisheenet
“on the support of”
- Transliteration
- al-mi-she-E-net
- Extended
- ahl-mih-sheh-EH-neht
- IPA
- /ʕal.miʃ.ʕɛˈnɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the support of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-mi-she-E-net
- phraseyour reading level
al-mi-she-E-net ha-ka-NE ha-ra-TSUTS ha-ZE
- 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
The construct mishenet ha-qaneh ha-ratsuts ha-zzeh {מִשְׁעֶנֶת הַקָּנֶה הָרָצוּץ הַזֶּה | mišʿenet ha-qā·neh hā-rā·ṣûṣ ha-zzeh} ‘the staff of this broken reed’ functions as the object of misplaced reliance.
Root and etymology
ש־ע־ן
“to support, lean on”
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 18:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 18:21, so the Hebrew word עַל־מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩ (almisheenet) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.21.W5.S1) and character.