2 Kings 19:16:142 Kgs.19.16.W14TAB
שְׁלָח֔וֹ
shelakho
“he sent him or it”
- Transliteration
- she-la-KHO
- Extended
- sheh-laa-KHOH
- IPA
- /ʃəlaˈχoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he sent him or it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
she-la-KHO
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER she-la-KHO
- clause
u-she-MA ET div-RE san-khe-RIV a-SHER she-la-KHO le-kha-REF e-lo-HIM KHAI
- sentence
ha-TE ye-ho-VAH oz-ne-KHA u-she-MA pe-KAKH ye-ho-VAH e-NE-kha u-re-E u-she-MA ET div-RE san-khe-RIV a-SHER she-la-KHO le-kha-REF e-lo-HIM KHAI
Exegesis
The relative clause asher shelakho lekharef Elohim chai {אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחוֹ לְחָרֵף אֱלֹהִים חָי} specifies that these words were sent “to reproach the living God,” coupling contempt with affirmation of God’s vitality. The repetition of imperatives and parallel structure in English mirrors the Hebrew’s rhetorical force.
Root and etymology
shin–lamed–chetshin–lamed–chet
“to send”
In context — 2 Kings 19:16
Bend Your ear, O LORD , and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib which he has sent to reproach the living God .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 19:16, so the Hebrew word שְׁלָח֔וֹ (shelakho) 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.19.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.16.W14.S1) and character.