2 Kings 18:32:52 Kgs.18.32.W5TAB
כְּאַרְצְכֶ֗ם
keartskhem
“like your land”
- Transliteration
- ke-ar-TSKHEM
- Extended
- keh-ahr-TSKEHM
- IPA
- /kəʔarˈtsxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- like your land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ke-ar-TSKHEM
- phraseyour reading level
el-E-rets ke-ar-TSKHEM
- clause
ad-BO-i ve-la-KHAKHT-i et-KHEM el-E-rets ke-ar-TSKHEM E-rets da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH E-rets LE-khem u-khra-MIM E-rets ZEIT yits-HAR u-de-VASH vi-kh-YU ve-LO ta-MU-tu
- sentence
ad-BO-i ve-la-KHAKHT-i et-KHEM el-E-rets ke-ar-TSKHEM E-rets da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH E-rets LE-khem u-khra-MIM E-rets ZEIT yits-HAR u-de-VASH vi-kh-YU ve-LO ta-MU-tu ve-al-tish-me-U el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ki-ya-SIT et-KHEM le-MOR Ye-ho-VAH ya-tsi-LE-nu
Exegesis
The comparative particle kə- {כְ | kə-} in kə’arṣekhem {כְאַרְצְכֶם֗ | kə-ʾarṣekhem} ‘like your land’ underscores equivalence with the people’s homeland.
In context — 2 Kings 18:32
Until I come and take you to a land like your land—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey—so that you may live and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you, saying, “The LORD will rescue us.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:32:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 18:32, so the Hebrew word כְּאַרְצְכֶ֗ם (keartskhem) 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.18.32.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.32.W5.S1) and character.