2 Kings 20:14:182 Kgs.20.14.W18TAB
רְחוֹקָ֛ה
rekhoka
“far”
- Transliteration
- re-kho-KA
- Extended
- reh-khoh-KAA
- IPA
- /meːˈʔɛrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- far
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-kho-KA
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-rets re-kho-KA
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV MA a-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le u-me-EN ya-VO-u e-LE-kha va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu me-E-rets re-kho-KA BA-u mi-ba-VEL
- sentence
va-VA ye-sha-YA-hu ha-na-VI el-ha-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu va-YO-mer e-LAV MA a-me-RU ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le u-me-EN ya-VO-u e-LE-kha va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu me-E-rets re-kho-KA BA-u mi-ba-VEL
Exegesis
In response, the locative phrase mēʾereṣ reḥōqāh {מֵאֶרֶץ רְחוֹקָה | mēʾereṣ reḥōqāh} ‘from a distant land’ is fronted before bāʾû {בָּאוּ | bāʾû} ‘they came’ for emphasis, with mibbāvel {מִבָּבֶל | mibbāvel} specifying Babylon. The English rendition preserves past narrative tense and the Hebrew’s structural and emphatic features.
Root and etymology
ר־ח־ק
“distance”
In context — 2 Kings 20:14
Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men discuss, and from which region did they arrive to you?” Hezekiah replied, “They came to me from a distant land, from Babylon .”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:14:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Kings 20:14, so the Hebrew word רְחוֹקָ֛ה (rekhoka) 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.20.14.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.14.W18.S1) and character.