2 Kings 19:7:42 Kgs.19.7.W4TAB
ר֔וּחַ
ruakh
“a spirit or breath”
- Transliteration
- RU-akh
- Extended
- ROO-akh
- IPA
- /ˈruːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a spirit or breath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RU-akh
- clause
hin-NE-ni no-TEN BO RU-akh ve-sha-MA she-mu-A ve-SHAV le-ar-TSO
- sentence
hin-NE-ni no-TEN BO RU-akh ve-sha-MA she-mu-A ve-SHAV le-ar-TSO ve-hip-pal-TI-v ba-KHE-rev be-ar-TSO
Exegesis
The participle noten {נוֹתֵ֥ן | nō-ṯēn} ‘giving’ governs bo {בּוֹ | bō} ‘in him’, indicating God’s act of imparting ruach {רוּחַ | rū-aḥ} ‘spirit/impulse’.
Root and etymology
r-w-ḥresh–waw–ḥet
“wind”
In context — 2 Kings 19:7
Behold, I am placing a spirit in him, and he will hear a report ; he will return to his land, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his land.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 19:7, so the Hebrew word ר֔וּחַ (ruakh) 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.19.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.7.W4.S1) and character.