2 Kings 18:22:132 Kgs.18.22.W13TAB
לִֽיהוּדָה֙
liyehuda
“to Judah”
- Transliteration
- li-ye-hu-DA
- Extended
- lih-yeh-hoo-DAA
- IPA
- /liːjəhuːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Judah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
li-ye-hu-DA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER li-ye-hu-DA
- clause
ha-lo-HU a-SHER he-SIR khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ba-mo-TAV ve-et-miz-be-kho-TAV va-yo-MER li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ZE tish-ta-kha-VU bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ve-khi-to-me-RUN e-LAI el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu ba-TAKH-nu ha-lo-HU a-SHER he-SIR khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ba-mo-TAV ve-et-miz-be-kho-TAV va-yo-MER li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ZE tish-ta-kha-VU bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’ introduces a new speech act directed to liYehudah veLiYrushalayim {לִֽיהוּדָה֙ וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | lᵉyhūdā wə-lîrûšālayim}.
Root and etymology
Rooty-d-h
“to praise”
In context — 2 Kings 18:22
But if you say to me, “In the LORD our God we have trusted”—is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, and who said to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Before this altar you shall bow down in Jerusalem’?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:22:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 18:22, so the Hebrew word לִֽיהוּדָה֙ (liyehuda) 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.18.22.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.22.W13.S1) and character.