2 Kings 22:6:12 Kgs.22.6.W1TAB
לֶחָ֣רָשִׁ֔ים
lekharashim
“to the craftsmen”
- Transliteration
- le-kha-ra-SHIM
- Extended
- leh-khah-rah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /lɛħaːraˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the craftsmen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-kha-ra-SHIM
- clause
le-kha-ra-SHIM ve-la-BO-nim ve-la-GO-de-RIM
- sentence
le-kha-ra-SHIM ve-la-BO-nim ve-la-GO-de-RIM ve-lik-NOT E-tsim ve-av-NEI ma-khe-TSAV le-kha-ZEK ET-ha-BA-yit
Exegesis
The verse features a distributive series introduced by the preposition in lecharashim {לֶחָרָשִׁים | le-ḥā-rā-šîm} ‘to the craftsmen’, and continues with velabbonim {וְלַבֹּנִים | wə-la-bbō-nîm} ‘and to the builders’ and velagoderim {וְלַגֹּדְרִים | wə-la-gō-drîm} ‘and to the masons’, emphasizing the allocation of materials.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-r-š
“to craft, fashion”
In context — 2 Kings 22:6
To the craftsmen, and to the builders, and to the masons , and to purchase timber and quarried stones to strengthen the house .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 22:6, so the Hebrew word לֶחָ֣רָשִׁ֔ים (lekharashim) 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.22.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.6.W1.S1) and character.