2 Kings 18:25:142 Kgs.18.25.W14TAB
וְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃
vehashkhita
“and you shall destroy her or it”
- Transliteration
- ve-hash-khi-TA
- Extended
- veh-hahsh-khih-TAAH
- IPA
- /vəhaʃ.ħiˈtaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall destroy her or it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hash-khi-TA
- clause
ye-ho-VAH a-MAR e-LAI a-LE al-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT ve-hash-khi-TA
- sentence
a-TA ha-mib-bal-a-de ye-ho-VAH a-li-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE le-hash-khi-TO ye-ho-VAH a-MAR e-LAI a-LE al-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT ve-hash-khi-TA
Exegesis
In the response clause, the divine subject YHWH {יְהוָה | yĕ-hō-wāh} and verb ’amar {אָמַר | ’ā-mar} introduce direct discourse, followed by the imperative ’aleh {עֲלֵה | ’ă-lêh} ‘go up’ and ve-hashkhitah {וְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ | wĕ-hash-khê-tāh} ‘and destroy her’, each governing the locative phrase al-ha-aretz hazot {עַל־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת | ’al-hă-’ā-rĕṣ hă-zôt} ‘against this land’. The shift from interrogative to imperative emphasizes the transition from question to divine command, reflecting the Hebrew use of discourse markers to convey authority and purpose.
Root and etymology
sh-kh-tshin–chet–tav
“to destroy, ruin”
In context — 2 Kings 18:25
Now, was it apart from the LORD that I went up against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land and destroy it.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:25:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 18:25, so the Hebrew word וְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃ (vehashkhita) 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.18.25.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.25.W14.S1) and character.