2 Kings 20:8:32 Kgs.20.8.W3TAB
אֶֽל־יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ
elyeshayahu
“to Isaiah”
- Transliteration
- el-ye-sha-YA-hu
- Extended
- ehl-yeh-shah-YAA-hoo
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.jə.ʃaʕˈjaː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Isaiah
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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-ye-sha-YA-hu
- clause
va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu el-ye-sha-YA-hu MA OT ki-yir-PA ye-ho-VAH LI
- sentence
va-YO-mer khiz-ki-YA-hu el-ye-sha-YA-hu MA OT ki-yir-PA ye-ho-VAH LI ve-a-LI-ti ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI BET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The subject ḥizqiyyahu ‘Hezekiah’ precedes the indirect object ʾel yᵉšaʿyāhu {אֶל־יְשַׁעְיָהוּ | ʾel yᵉšaʿyāhû} ‘to Isaiah,’ reflecting Hebrew VSO order with the preposition fronting the object.
In context — 2 Kings 20:8
And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What sign will show that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 20:8, so the Hebrew word אֶֽל־יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ (elyeshayahu) 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.20.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.8.W3.S1) and character.