2 Kings 19:5:42 Kgs.19.5.W4TAB
חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ
khizkiyahu
“Hezekiah”
- Transliteration
- khiz-ki-YA-hu
- Extended
- khihz-kih-YAA-hoo
- IPA
- /ħiz.qijˈjaː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Hezekiah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khiz-ki-YA-hu
- phraseyour reading level
ham-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u a-veh-DE ham-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu el-ye-sha-a-YA-hu
Exegesis
The proper name khizqiyahu {חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ | ḥizqiyyāhû} apposes “the king,” specifying which monarch is in view and tightening the referent for the reader.
Root and etymology
ח־ז־ק
“to be strong”
In context — 2 Kings 19:5
So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 19:5, so the Hebrew word חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ (khizkiyahu) 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.19.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.5.W4.S1) and character.