2 Kings 20:5:162 Kgs.20.5.W16TAB
לָ֔ךְ
lakh
“for you”
- Transliteration
- LAKH
- Extended
- LAAKH
- IPA
- /laːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- for you
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ro-FE LAKH
- clause
hin-ne-NI ro-FE LAKH ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI ta-a-LE BET Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
SHUV ve-a-MAR-ta el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ne-GID-a-MI ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE da-VID a-VI-kha sha-MA-e-ti et-te-fi-LA-te-kha ra-I-ti et-dim-a-TE-kha hin-ne-NI ro-FE LAKH ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI ta-a-LE BET Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The participial phrase hinneni rofe lakh {הִנְנִי רֹפֶא לָךְ | hinnēnî rōpē’ lakh} ‘behold me healing you’ indicates immediate action.
Root and etymology
“to reign; to rule”
In context — 2 Kings 20:5
Go back and speak to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people: “This is what the LORD —the God of your father David—says: I have heard your prayer and I have seen your tears; see, I am restoring your health. On the third day you will go up to the house of the LORD.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 20:5, so the Hebrew word לָ֔ךְ (lakh) 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.20.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.5.W16.S1) and character.