2 Kings 19:25:22 Kgs.19.25.W2TAB
לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙
lemerakhok
“from far away”
- Transliteration
- le-me-ra-KHOK
- Extended
- leh-mee-rah-KHOHK
- IPA
- /ləmeːraˈħoːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- from far away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-me-ra-KHOK
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO-SHA-MA-ta le-me-ra-KHOK
- clause
ha-LO-SHA-MA-ta le-me-ra-KHOK o-TAH a-SI-ti le-mi-ME KE-dem vi-TSAR-ti-HA
- sentence
ha-LO-SHA-MA-ta le-me-ra-KHOK o-TAH a-SI-ti le-mi-ME KE-dem vi-TSAR-ti-HA a-TA ha-ve-E-ti-HA u-te-HI la-he-SHOT ga-LIM ni-TSIM a-RIM be-tsu-ROT
Exegesis
The temporal frames lemerāḥoq {לְמֵרָחוֹק | lə·mê·rā·ḥōq} ‘from afar’ and lemimei qedem {לְמִימֵי קֶדֶם | lə·mim·mê·y qé·dēm} ‘from days of old’ establish enduring divine intent.
In context — 2 Kings 19:25
Have you not heard that from days of old I made it? In ancient times I formed it. Now I have brought it to pass that it has come to devastate cities into mounds of ruins.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 19:25, so the Hebrew word לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙ (lemerakhok) 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.19.25.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.25.W2.S1) and character.