2 Kings 20:3:152 Kgs.20.3.W15TAB
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
va-YEV-kh khiz-ki-YA-hu
- clause
va-YEV-kh khiz-ki-YA-hu be-KHI ga-DOL
- sentence
AN-na ye-ho-VAH ze-KHAR-na ET a-SHER hit-ha-LAKH-te le-fa-NE-kha be-e-MET u-ve-le-VAV sha-LEM ve-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SI-te va-YEV-kh khiz-ki-YA-hu be-KHI ga-DOL
Exegesis
The narrative shifts with the vav-consecutive imperfect va-ye-vakh {וַיֵּבְךְּ | va-yē-vəḵ} ‘and he wept’, and the delayed subject khizqiyyahu {חִזְקִיָּהוּ | ḥiz-qîy-yā-hû} ‘Hezekiah’ heightens pathos.
Root and etymology
ח־ז־ק
“to be strong”
In context — 2 Kings 20:3
Please, LORD , call to mind that I have lived in your presence with truth and with an undivided heart, and that I have done what is good in your eyes. Hezekiah wept with great weeping .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 20:3, 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.20.3.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.3.W15.S1) and character.