2 Kings 18:33:22 Kgs.18.33.W2TAB
הִצִּ֛ילוּ
hitsilu
“they delivered”
- Transliteration
- hi-tsi-LU
- Extended
- hih-tsih-LOO
- IPA
- /hit͡sːiˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they delivered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hi-tsi-LU
- phraseyour reading level
ha-hats-TSEL hi-tsi-LU
- clause
ha-hats-TSEL hi-tsi-LU e-lo-HE ha-go-YIM ISH et-AR-tso
- sentence
ha-hats-TSEL hi-tsi-LU e-lo-HE ha-go-YIM ISH et-AR-tso mi-YAD ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The verse opens with an emphatic infinitive absolute ha-hatsel {הַהַצֵּל | haḥ-ṣēl} followed by the perfect hitzilu {הִצִּילוּ | ḥit-ṣī-lū}, intensifying the interrogative challenge.
Root and etymology
n-ṣ-lnun–tsade–lamed
“to deliver, rescue”
In context — 2 Kings 18:33
Did the gods of the nations deliver each one his land from the hand of the king of Assyria ?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:33:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 18:33, so the Hebrew word הִצִּ֛ילוּ (hitsilu) 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.18.33.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.33.W2.S1) and character.