2 Kings 19:37:132 Kgs.19.37.W13TAB
נִמְלְט֖וּ
nimletu
“escaped”
- Transliteration
- nim-le-TU
- Extended
- nihm-leh-TOO
- IPA
- /nim.ləˈtˤuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- escaped
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nim-le-TU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-HE-ma nim-le-TU
- clause
va-ye-HI HU mish-ta-kha-VE BET nis-ROKH e-lo-HA-yv ve-ad-ram-ME-lekh ve-sar-E-tser va-NAV hi-KU-hu va-KHE-rev ve-HE-ma nim-le-TU E-rets a-ra-RAT
- sentence
va-ye-HI HU mish-ta-kha-VE BET nis-ROKH e-lo-HA-yv ve-ad-ram-ME-lekh ve-sar-E-tser va-NAV hi-KU-hu va-KHE-rev ve-HE-ma nim-le-TU E-rets a-ra-RAT va-yim-LOKH E-sar-kha-DON be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The Niphal perfect nimletu {נִמְלְט֖וּ | nimmeləṭû} ‘they escaped’ indicates reflexive flight to eretz Ararat {אֶ֣רֶץ אֲרָרָ֑ט | ʾereṣ ʾărarāṭ}.
Root and etymology
m-l-ṭmem–lamed–tet
“to escape”
In context — 2 Kings 19:37
And it happened, as he was bowing down in the house of Nisrokh his god, that Adrammelek and Sharezer, his sons, struck him with the sword , and they escaped to the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:37:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 19:37, so the Hebrew word נִמְלְט֖וּ (nimletu) 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.19.37.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.37.W13.S1) and character.