2 Kings 20:18:82 Kgs.20.18.W8TAB
יִקָּ֑חֻו
yikkakhu
“they will be taken”
- Transliteration
- yik-KA-khu
- Extended
- yik-KAA-khoo
- IPA
- /jiqːaːˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will be taken
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
yik-KA-khu
- phraseyour reading level
yi-KHAKH yik-KA-khu
- clause
u-mi-ba-NE-kha a-SHER ye-tsE-U mim-me-KHA a-SHER to-LID yi-KHAKH yik-KA-khu
- sentence
u-mi-ba-NE-kha a-SHER ye-tsE-U mim-me-KHA a-SHER to-LID yi-KHAKH yik-KA-khu ve-ha-YU sa-ri-SIM be-he-KHAL ME-lekh ba-VEL
Exegesis
The imperfect yikkachu {יִקָּחוּ | yiqqā-ḥû} ‘they will take’ expresses active removal, while vehayu {וְהָיוּ | wə-hā-yû} ‘and they will be’ predicates sarisim {סָרִיסִים | să-rî-sîm} ‘eunuchs’.
In context — 2 Kings 20:18
And from your sons whom you will beget and who will come forth from you, some will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 20:18, so the Hebrew word יִקָּ֑חֻו (yikkakhu) 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.20.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.18.W8.S1) and character.