2 Kings 19:9:32 Kgs.19.9.W3TAB
מֶֽלֶך־כּוּשׁ֙
melekhkush
“king of Cush”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh-KUSH
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh-KOOSH
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx.ˈkuːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of Cush
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh-KUSH
- phraseyour reading level
el-tir-ha-KA ME-lekh-KUSH
- clause
va-yish-MA el-tir-ha-KA ME-lekh-KUSH le-MOR hi-NE ya-TSA le-hil-la-KHEM it-TAKH
- sentence
va-yish-MA el-tir-ha-KA ME-lekh-KUSH le-MOR hi-NE ya-TSA le-hil-la-KHEM it-TAKH va-ya-SHAV va-yish-LAKH mal-a-KHIM el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR
Exegesis
The construct Tirhaqah melek-Kush {תִּרְהָקָה מֶלֶך־כּוּשׁ | ṭirhāqāh mēleḵ kūš} identifies the report’s origin.
Root and etymology
consonantsmem–lamed–kaf
“to rule”
In context — 2 Kings 19:9
And the king of Assyria heard concerning Tirhakah , king of Cush, “Behold, he has gone out to fight against you”; he returned and sent messengers again to Hezekiah to say.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 19:9, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלֶך־כּוּשׁ֙ (melekhkush) 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.19.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.9.W3.S1) and character.