2 Kings 18:37:162 Kgs.18.37.W16TAB
רַב־שָׁקֵֽה׃
ravshake
“Rabshakeh”
- Transliteration
- rav-sha-KE
- Extended
- rahv-shah-KEH
- IPA
- /rav-ʃaːˈqeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Rabshakeh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
rav-sha-KE
- clause
va-ya-GI-du LO div-RE rav-sha-KE
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-le-ya-KIM BEN-khil-ki-YA a-SHER-al-ha-BA-yit ve-SHEV-na ha-so-FER ve-yo-AKH BEN-a-SAF ha-maz-KIR el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ke-ru-E ve-ga-DIM va-ya-GI-du LO div-RE rav-sha-KE
Exegesis
The Hifil imperfect wayyaggîḏū {וַיַּגִּדוּ | wayyaggîḏū} ‘and they reported’ introduces the communication action, with lōʾ {ל֔וֹ | lōʾ} marking the indirect object and dibrê rabb-šāqē {דִּבְרֵי רַב־שָׁקֵה | dibrê rabb-šāqē} ‘the words of Rabshakeh’ as the direct object. English reorders the Hebrew VSO into an SVO structure for readability while preserving the official titles and ritual imagery.
Root and etymology
r-b-b
“chief, great one”
In context — 2 Kings 18:37
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with torn garments and reported to him the words of Rabshakeh .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:37:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 18:37, so the Hebrew word רַב־שָׁקֵֽה׃ (ravshake) 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.18.37.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.37.W16.S1) and character.