2 Kings 20:12:152 Kgs.20.12.W15TAB
חִזְקִיָּֽהוּ׃
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
- clause
KI sha-MA KI kha-LA khiz-ki-YA-hu
- sentence
ba-ET ha-HI sha-LAKH be-RO-da-akh bal-e-DAN ben-bal-e-DAN ME-lekh-ba-VEL se-fa-RIM u-min-KHA el-khiz-ki-YA-hu KI sha-MA KI kha-LA khiz-ki-YA-hu
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-chizqiyahu {אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ | ʾel-ḥiz-qī-yā-hû} ‘to Hezekiah’ marks the recipient.
Root and etymology
ח־ז־ק
“to be strong”
In context — 2 Kings 20:12
During that period, Berodach-Baladan, Baladan’s son and king of Babylon, dispatched letters and a gift to Hezekiah because he had learned that Hezekiah was unwell.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:12:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 20:12, so the Hebrew word חִזְקִיָּֽהוּ׃ (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.20.12.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.12.W15.S1) and character.