2 Kings 19:4:72 Kgs.19.4.W7TAB
רַב־שָׁקֵ֗ה
ravshake
“Rabshakeh”
- Transliteration
- rav-sha-KE
- Extended
- rahv-shah-KEH
- IPA
- /rav.ʃaˈqeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Rabshakeh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
rav-sha-KE
- phraseyour reading level
ET KAL-div-RE rav-sha-KE
- clause
u-LAI yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ET KAL-div-RE rav-sha-KE a-SHER she-la-KHO ME-lekh-a-SHUR a-do-NAV le-kha-REF e-lo-HIM KHAI ve-ho-KHI-akh bad-de-va-RIM a-SHER sha-MA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
u-LAI yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ET KAL-div-RE rav-sha-KE a-SHER she-la-KHO ME-lekh-a-SHUR a-do-NAV le-kha-REF e-lo-HIM KHAI ve-ho-KHI-akh bad-de-va-RIM a-SHER sha-MA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-na-SA-ta te-fi-LA be-AD hash-she-e-RIT han-nim-tsa-A
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֵת | ʾêṯ} introduces kol divrei rav-shakeh {כָּל־דִּבְרֵי רַב־שָׁקֵה | kol dî-bre rav-šā-qê}, specifying the content expected to be heard.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Qof, Qof
“sackcloth, coarse cloth”
In context — 2 Kings 19:4
Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the chief cupbearer whom the king of Assyria, his lord, has sent to reproach the living God, and He will rebuke the words that the LORD your God has heard. So you will lift up a prayer for the remnant that is found.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 19:4, so the Hebrew word רַב־שָׁקֵ֗ה (ravshake) 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.19.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.4.W7.S1) and character.