2 Kings 20:5:32 Kgs.20.5.W3TAB
אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ
elkhizkiyahu
“to Hezekiah”
- Transliteration
- el-khiz-ki-YA-hu
- Extended
- ehl-khihz-kih-YAA-hoo
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ħiz.qijˈjaː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Hezekiah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-khiz-ki-YA-hu
- phraseyour reading level
el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ne-GID-a-MI
- clause
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
- 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 prepositional construct el chizkiyahu negidammi {אֶל־חִזְקִיָּהוּ נְגִיד־עַמִּי | ʾel ḥizqiyyāhû nᵊgîd-ʿammî} ‘to Hezekiah, ruler of my people’ specifies the audience and office.
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 20:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 20:5, so the Hebrew word אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ (elkhizkiyahu) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.5.W3.S1) and character.