2 Kings 19:2:32 Kgs.19.2.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁר־עַל־הַבַּ֜יִת
asheralhabayit
“who {was} over the house”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-al-ha-BA-yit
- Extended
- ah-shehr-ahl-hah-BAH-yiht
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.ʕal.habˈbajit/
Meaning by language
- English
- who {was} over the house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
a-sher-al-ha-BA-yit
- phraseyour reading level
et-e-l-ya-KIM a-sher-al-ha-BA-yit
- 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 relative clause asher-al-ha-bayit {אֲשֶׁר־עַל־הַבַּ֜יִת | ʾašer-ʿal-ha-bay-yîṯ} specifies his role “over the house.”
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 19:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 19:2, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־עַל־הַבַּ֜יִת (asheralhabayit) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.2.W3.S1) and character.