2 Kings 22:12:82 Kgs.22.12.W8TAB
בֶּן־מִיכָיָ֜ה
benmikhaya
“son of Micaiah”
- Transliteration
- ben-mi-kha-YA
- Extended
- behn-mih-khah-YAA
- IPA
- /bɛn.miːxaːˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Micaiah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ben-mi-kha-YA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-et-akh-BOR ben-mi-kha-YA
- sentence
va-yetsaV ha-ME-lekh et-khil-ki-YA ha-ko-HEN ve-et-a-khi-KAM ben-sha-FAN ve-et-akh-BOR ben-mi-kha-YA ve-ET sha-FAN ha-so-FER ve-ET a-sa-YA E-ved-ha-ME-lekh le-MOR
Exegesis
Patronymic chains use ben־ {בֶּן־ | ben-} ‘son of’ appositions and occupational titles such as hasofer {הַסֹּפֵר | hassōp̄ēr} ‘the scribe’ to specify identity.
In context — 2 Kings 22:12
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 22:12, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־מִיכָיָ֜ה (benmikhaya) 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.22.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.12.W8.S1) and character.