2 Kings 21:3:62 Kgs.21.3.W6TAB
חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ
khizkiyahu
“Hezekiah”
- Transliteration
- khiz-ki-YA-hu
- Extended
- khihz-kih-YAA-hoo
- IPA
- /ħiz.qijˈjaː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Hezekiah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
khiz-ki-YA-hu
- phraseyour reading level
khiz-ki-YA-hu a-VIV
- clause
va-ya-SHAV va-yi-VEN et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER i-BAD khiz-ki-YA-hu a-VIV
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV va-yi-VEN et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER i-BAD khiz-ki-YA-hu a-VIV va-ya-KEM miz-be-KHOT la-BA-al va-ya-AS a-she-RA ka-a-SHER a-SA akh-AV ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yish-ta-KHU le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-AVOD o-TAM
In context — 2 Kings 21:3
And he returned and built the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. And he prostrated himself to all the host of the heavens and served them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 21:3, so the Hebrew word חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ (khizkiyahu) 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.21.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.3.W6.S1) and character.