2 Kings 21:13:112 Kgs.21.13.W11TAB
כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־יִמְחֶ֤ה
kaasheryimkhe
“as one wipes”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-SHER-yim-KHE
- Extended
- kah-ah-SHEHR-yihm-KHEH
- IPA
- /kaʔăˈʃɛr.jimˈħɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- as one wipes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ka-a-SHER-yim-KHE
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER-yim-KHE et-ha-tsal-LA-khat
- clause
u-ma-KHI-ti et-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ka-a-SHER-yim-KHE et-ha-tsal-LA-khat ma-KHA ve-ha-FAKH al-pa-NE-ha
- sentence
ve-na-TI-ti al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ET KAV shom-re-RON ve-et-mish-ko-LET BET akh-AV u-ma-KHI-ti et-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ka-a-SHER-yim-KHE et-ha-tsal-LA-khat ma-KHA ve-ha-FAKH al-pa-NE-ha
Exegesis
The subordinating conjunction ka-’ăšer {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʾă-šer} ‘just as’ introduces the simile with ha-ṣallāḥat {הַצַּלַּחַת | ha-ṣal-lā-ḥat} ‘dish’, and the sequence of Qal perfect verbs māḥāh {מָחָה | mā-ḥā} ‘wipe out’ and wə-hā-p̄aḵ {וְהָפַךְ | wə-hā-p̄aḵ} ‘turn over’ in a result clause conveys the thoroughness of the reversal expressed by al-pānêhā {עַל־פָּנֶיהָ | ʿal-pā-nē-hā} ‘upon its face’.
Root and etymology
Rootm–ch–h
“wipe away”
In context — 2 Kings 21:13
And I will extend the measuring line of Samaria and the plumb line of the house of Ahab over Jerusalem; and I will wipe Jerusalem like one wipes a dish , wiping it out and turning it upside down.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 21:13, so the Hebrew word כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־יִמְחֶ֤ה (kaasheryimkhe) 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.21.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.13.W11.S1) and character.