2 Kings 19:9:72 Kgs.19.9.W7TAB
לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם
lehillakhem
“to fight”
- Transliteration
- le-hil-la-KHEM
- Extended
- leh-hihl-lah-KHEHM
- IPA
- /ləhil.laːˈħeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to fight
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-hil-la-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
le-hil-la-KHEM it-TAKH
- 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
Yatsa {יָצָא | yāṣā’} perfect plus lehilachem {לְהִלָּחֵם | ləhiḷlāḥêm} expresses completed purpose.
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 19:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 19:9, so the Hebrew word לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם (lehillakhem) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.9.W7.S1) and character.