2 Kings 18:23:142 Kgs.18.23.W14TAB
רֹכְבִ֥ים
rokhevim
“riders”
- Transliteration
- ro-khe-VIM
- Extended
- roh-kheh-VEEM
- IPA
- /roːχəˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- riders
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ro-khe-VIM
- phraseyour reading level
ro-khe-VIM a-le-HEM
- clause
ve-et-e-NA le-KHA al-pa-YIM su-SIM im-tu-KHAL la-TET le-KHA ro-khe-VIM a-le-HEM
- sentence
ve-a-TA hit-e-RA-rev NA et-a-do-NI et-ME-lekh a-SHUR ve-et-e-NA le-KHA al-pa-YIM su-SIM im-tu-KHAL la-TET le-KHA ro-khe-VIM a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The conditional im {אִם־ | ’im} + qal imperfect tukhal {תּוּכַל | tû-kal} and infinitive construct latet {לָתֵת | lā-têṯ} frames the protasis-apodosis with rokhvim {רֹכְבִים | rō-ḵə-ḇîm} governed by aleihem {עֲלֵיהֶֽם | ʿă-lê-hēm}, maintaining rhetorical force in English translation.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–kaf–beth
“to ride”
In context — 2 Kings 18:23
And now, please make a wager with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses if you are able to provide riders for them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:23:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 18:23, so the Hebrew word רֹכְבִ֥ים (rokhevim) 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.18.23.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.23.W14.S1) and character.