2 Kings 18:8:32 Kgs.18.8.W3TAB
עַד־עַזָּ֖ה
adaza
“as far as Gaza”
- Transliteration
- ad-a-ZA
- Extended
- ahd-ah-ZAA
- IPA
- /ʕad.ʕazˈzaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as far as Gaza
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-a-ZA
- clause
HU-HI-kA et-pe-lish-TIM ad-a-ZA ve-et-ge-vu-LE-ha
- sentence
HU-HI-kA et-pe-lish-TIM ad-a-ZA ve-et-ge-vu-LE-ha mim-mig-DAL no-tsE-RIM ad-IR miv-TSAR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ad azzah {עַד־עַזָּ֖ה | ʿad ʿazzāh} sets the geographical limit at Gaza, and ve-et gevuleha {וְאֶת־גְּבוּלֶ֑יהָ | wəʾet gevū-le-hā} extends that to its borders.
In context — 2 Kings 18:8
He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from the watchtower of the sentries as far as the fortified city .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 18:8, so the Hebrew word עַד־עַזָּ֖ה (adaza) 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.18.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.8.W3.S1) and character.