2 Kings 18:9:102 Kgs.18.9.W10TAB
בֶּן־אֵלָ֖ה
benela
“son of Elah”
- Transliteration
- ben-E-la
- Extended
- behn-EE-lah
- IPA
- /ben.ʔeːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Elah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-E-la
- phraseyour reading level
le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-re-vi-IT la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu HI ha-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-sha-NA ha-re-vi-IT la-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu HI ha-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT le-ho-SHE-a ben-E-la ME-lekh yis-ra-EL a-LA shal-ma-ne-SER ME-lekh-a-SHUR al-sho-me-RON va-ya-TSAR a-LE-ha
Exegesis
Construct chains such as ben-elah {בֶּן־אֵלָ֖ה | ben-’ēlâ} ‘son of Elah’, melekh yisrael {מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | melek yiśrā’ēl} ‘king of Israel’, and melekh-ashur {מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֛וּר | melek-’āšûr} ‘king of Assyria’ mark political titles.
Root and etymology
Rootb-n
“son”
In context — 2 Kings 18:9
And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, went up against Samaria and besieged it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 18:9, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־אֵלָ֖ה (benela) 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.18.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.9.W10.S1) and character.