2 Kings 18:4:92 Kgs.18.4.W9TAB
נְחַ֨שׁ
nekhash
“a serpent”
- Transliteration
- ne-KHASH
- Extended
- neh-KHASH
- IPA
- /nəˈħaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a serpent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ne-KHASH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khi-TAT ne-KHASH han-ne-KHO-shet
- clause
ve-khi-TAT ne-KHASH han-ne-KHO-shet a-sher-a-SA mo-SHE KI ad-ha-ya-MIM ha-HE-ma ha-YU ve-NE-Yis-ra-EL me-kat-te-RIM LO va-yik-RA-LO ne-khush-TAN
- sentence
HU he-SIR et-ha-ba-MOT ve-shi-BAR et-ha-mat-tse-VOT ve-kha-RAT et-ha-a-she-RA ve-khi-TAT ne-KHASH han-ne-KHO-shet a-sher-a-SA mo-SHE KI ad-ha-ya-MIM ha-HE-ma ha-YU ve-NE-Yis-ra-EL me-kat-te-RIM LO va-yik-RA-LO ne-khush-TAN
Exegesis
The construct נְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת neḥaš hanĕḥōšeṯ {נְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת | neḥaš-ha-neḥōšeṯ} “the bronze serpent” is modified by the relative clause אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה asher-asah moshe {אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה | ʾăšer-ʿāśāh mōšē} “that Moses made.”
Root and etymology
נ־ח־שׁ
“bronze”
In context — 2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, broke the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah . He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses made, for until those days the Israelites burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 18:4, so the Hebrew word נְחַ֨שׁ (nekhash) 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.18.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.4.W9.S1) and character.