2 Kings 19:8:22 Kgs.19.8.W2TAB
רַב־שָׁקֵ֔ה
ravshake
“the Rabshakeh”
- Transliteration
- rav-sha-KE
- Extended
- rahv-shah-KEH
- IPA
- /rav.ʃaːˈqeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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
- clause
va-ya-SHAV rav-sha-KE va-yim-TSA et-ME-lekh a-SHUR nil-KHAM al-liv-NA
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV rav-sha-KE va-yim-TSA et-ME-lekh a-SHUR nil-KHAM al-liv-NA KI sha-MA KI na-SA mil-la-KHISH
Exegesis
The noun rav-shaqeh {רַב-שָׁקֵה | rav-šā-qê} functions as the subject of that action.
Root and etymology
r-b-š-q-h
“chief cupbearer”
In context — 2 Kings 19:8
And the chief cupbearer returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 19:8, so the Hebrew word רַב־שָׁקֵ֔ה (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.19.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.8.W2.S1) and character.