2 Kings 20:6:32 Kgs.20.6.W3TAB
חֲמֵ֤שׁ
khamesh
“five”
- Transliteration
- kha-MESH
- Extended
- khah-MESH
- IPA
- /ħaˈmeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- five
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-MESH
- phraseyour reading level
kha-MESH e-se-RE
- clause
ve-ho-saf-TI al-ya-ME-kha kha-MESH e-se-RE sha-NA u-mik-KAF ME-lekh-a-shur a-TSIL-kha ve-ET ha-IR ha-ZOT
- sentence
ve-ho-saf-TI al-ya-ME-kha kha-MESH e-se-RE sha-NA u-mik-KAF ME-lekh-a-shur a-TSIL-kha ve-ET ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-gan-NO-ti al-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-ma-a-NI u-le-MA-an da-VID av-DI
Exegesis
The numeric compound chamesh esreh shanah {חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה | ḥāmēš ʿeśreh šānâ} ‘fifteen years’ follows Hebrew syntax with units before tens and the noun.
In context — 2 Kings 20:6
I will increase your days by fifteen years, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will guard this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 20:6, so the Hebrew word חֲמֵ֤שׁ (khamesh) 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.20.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.6.W3.S1) and character.