2 Kings 19:2:72 Kgs.19.2.W7TAB
זִקְנֵ֣י
ziknei
“elders of”
- Transliteration
- zik-NEI
- Extended
- zihk-NEE
- IPA
- /ziqˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- elders of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
zik-NEI
- phraseyour reading level
zik-NEI ha-ko-ha-NIM
- 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 repeated accusative ve-et precedes ziknei ha-kohanim {זִקְנֵ֣י הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים | zîq-nê ha-kōh-ə-nîm}, “the elders of the priests,” whom the Hitpael participle mitkassim {מִתְכַּסִּ֖ים | mit-ka-ṣîm} depicts as “covering themselves.”
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 19:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 19:2, so the Hebrew word זִקְנֵ֣י (ziknei) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.2.W7.S1) and character.