2 Kings 19:34:42 Kgs.19.34.W4TAB
לְהֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑הּ
lehoshiia
“to save it”
- Transliteration
- le-ho-shi-I-a
- Extended
- leh-hoh-shih-EE-ah
- IPA
- /ləhoːʃiːˈʕaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- to save it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ho-shi-I-a
- clause
ve-gan-NO-ti el-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-ho-shi-I-a
- sentence
ve-gan-NO-ti el-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-ho-shi-I-a le-ma-a-NI u-le-MA-an da-VID av-DI
Exegesis
The Hiphil infinitive construct lehoshiah {לְהוֹשִׁיעָהּ | lə-hō-šî-ʿā(h)} ‘to save her’ marks purpose with a feminine suffix referring back to the city.
Root and etymology
y-š-ʿyod–shin–ayin
“to save, deliver”
In context — 2 Kings 19:34
And I will defend this city to save it, for My sake and for the sake of David My servant .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 19:34, so the Hebrew word לְהֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑הּ (lehoshiia) 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.19.34.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.34.W4.S1) and character.