2 Kings 18:27:232 Kgs.18.27.W23TAB
רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם
raglehem
“their feet”
- Transliteration
- rag-le-HEM
- Extended
- rahg-leh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ragˈleː.hɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their feet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
rag-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
et-shi-ne-HEM mi-ME rag-le-HEM
- clause
ha-LO al-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-yo-she-VIM al-ha-kho-MA le-e-KHOL ET kha-re-HEM tso-a-TAM ve-lish-TOT et-shi-ne-HEM mi-ME rag-le-HEM im-ma-KHEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM rav-sha-KE HA-al a-do-NE-kha ve-e-LE-kha she-la-KHA-ni a-do-NI le-dab-BER et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le ha-LO al-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-yo-she-VIM al-ha-kho-MA le-e-KHOL ET kha-re-HEM tso-a-TAM ve-lish-TOT et-shi-ne-HEM mi-ME rag-le-HEM im-ma-KHEM
Exegesis
The idiom mei ragleihem {מֵי רַגְלֵיהֶם | mêy rağ-lê-hêm} ‘waters of their feet’ is rendered literally as urine to convey the ancient euphemism.
In context — 2 Kings 18:27
And Rabshakeh said to them, “Did my master send me to your master and to you alone to speak these words, and not also to the men sitting on the wall —who will eat their own dung and drink the water of their feet with you?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:27:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of 2 Kings 18:27, so the Hebrew word רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם (raglehem) 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.18.27.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.27.W23.S1) and character.