2 Kings 20:1:42 Kgs.20.1.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
kha-LA khiz-ki-YA-hu
- clause
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM kha-LA khiz-ki-YA-hu la-MUT
- sentence
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM kha-LA khiz-ki-YA-hu la-MUT va-ya-VO E-LAV ye-sha-YA-hu ben-a-MOTS ha-na-VI va-yo-MER E-LAV ko-A-MAR Ye-ho-VAH TSAV le-VE-te-KHA KI MET a-TA ve-LO tikh-ye
Root and etymology
ח־ז־ק
“to be strong”
In context — 2 Kings 20:1
Around that time, Hezekiah became ill, near death, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you will die; you will not live.’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 20:1, 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.20.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.1.W4.S1) and character.