2 Kings 19:2:102 Kgs.19.2.W10TAB
בַּשַּׂקִּ֑ים
basakim
“with sackcloths”
- Transliteration
- ba-sa-KIM
- Extended
- bah-sah-KEEM
- IPA
- /bas.saˈqiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with sackcloths
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-sa-KIM
- clause
va-yish-LAKH et-e-l-ya-KIM a-sher-al-ha-BA-yit ve-shev-NA ha-so-FER ve-ET zik-NEI ha-ko-ha-NIM mit-kha-sim ba-sa-KIM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH et-e-l-ya-KIM a-sher-al-ha-BA-yit ve-shev-NA ha-so-FER ve-ET zik-NEI ha-ko-ha-NIM mit-kha-sim ba-sa-KIM el-ye-sha-YA-hu ha-na-VI ben-A-mots
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ba-sakim {בַּשַּׂקִּ֑ים | ba-ša-qîm} indicates their sackcloth attire.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Qof, Qof
“sackcloth, coarse cloth”
In context — 2 Kings 19:2
And he sent Elyakim , who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe , and the elders of the priests, who were covering themselves with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 19:2, so the Hebrew word בַּשַּׂקִּ֑ים (basakim) 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.19.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.2.W10.S1) and character.