2 Kings 20:9:132 Kgs.20.9.W13TAB
הָלַ֤ךְ
halakh
“has it gone”
- Transliteration
- ha-LAKH
- Extended
- haa-LAHKH
- IPA
- /haːˈlaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- has it gone
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LAKH ha-TSEL
- clause
ha-LAKH ha-TSEL E-ser ma-a-LOT im-ya-SHUV E-ser ma-a-LOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-sha-YA-hu ze-le-KHA ha-OT me-ET ye-ho-VAH KI ya-a-SE ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER di-BER ha-LAKH ha-TSEL E-ser ma-a-LOT im-ya-SHUV E-ser ma-a-LOT
Exegesis
The demonstrative zeh {זֶה | zeh} ‘this’ with the prepositional phrase lekha {לְּךָ | ləḵā} ‘to you’ specifies the recipient.
In context — 2 Kings 20:9
Isaiah replied, “This will be your sign from the LORD that the LORD will carry out the thing he has said: should the shadow advance ten steps, or should it go back ten steps?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 20:9, so the Hebrew word הָלַ֤ךְ (halakh) 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.20.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.9.W13.S1) and character.