2 Kings 20:3:162 Kgs.20.3.W16TAB
בְּכִ֥י
bekhi
“with weeping”
- Transliteration
- be-KHI
- Extended
- beh-KHEE
- IPA
- /bəˈχiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with weeping
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KHI
- phraseyour reading level
be-KHI ga-DOL
- 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 noun phrase be-khi {בְּכִי | bə-ḵî} ‘with weeping’ and gadol {גָדֽוֹל | ḡā-dōl} ‘great’ further amplify the emotional climax.
Root and etymology
ב־כ־ה
“weeping, lament”
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 20:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 20:3, so the Hebrew word בְּכִ֥י (bekhi) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.3.W16.S1) and character.