2 Kings 23:1:52 Kgs.23.1.W5TAB
כָּל־זִקְנֵ֥י
kalzikne
“all the elders of”
- Transliteration
- kal-zik-NE
- Extended
- kaal-zihk-NEE
- IPA
- /kɔl.zɪqˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the elders of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kal-zik-NE
- phraseyour reading level
kal-zik-NE ye-hu-DA
- clause
va-ya-as-FU e-LAV kal-zik-NE ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh va-ya-as-FU e-LAV kal-zik-NE ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The construct kol-ziknei Yehudah ve-yerushalayim {כָּל־זִקְנֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם | kol-ziq-nê ye-hū-dāh və-ye-rū-ša-lā-yim} ‘all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem’ unites two regions under a distributive quantifier. English reorders to SVO for clarity while preserving coordination and emphasis.
In context — 2 Kings 23:1
The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 23:1, so the Hebrew word כָּל־זִקְנֵ֥י (kalzikne) 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.23.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.1.W5.S1) and character.