2 Kings 20:7:82 Kgs.20.7.W8TAB
עַֽל־הַשְּׁחִ֖ין
alhashekhin
“upon the boil”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-she-KHIN
- Extended
- ahl-hah-sheh-KHEEN
- IPA
- /ʕal.haʃ.ʃəˈħiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the boil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-she-KHIN
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SI-mu al-ha-she-KHIN
- clause
va-yik-KHU va-ya-SI-mu al-ha-she-KHIN va-ye-KHI
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-sha-YA-hu ke-KHU de-VE-let te-e-NIM va-yik-KHU va-ya-SI-mu al-ha-she-KHIN va-ye-KHI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al haššeḥîn {עַל־הַשְּׁחִ֖ין | ʿal haššeḥîn} ‘on the boil’ specifies the application site.
Root and etymology
š-ḥ-nshin–chet–nun
“to ulcerate”
In context — 2 Kings 20:7
Then Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs.” They brought it and placed it on the boil, and he recovered .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 20:7, so the Hebrew word עַֽל־הַשְּׁחִ֖ין (alhashekhin) 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.20.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.7.W8.S1) and character.