2 Kings 23:11:102 Kgs.23.11.W10TAB
אֶל־לִשְׁכַּת֙
ellishkat
“to the chamber of”
- Transliteration
- el-lish-KAT
- Extended
- ehl-lihsh-KAHT
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.liʃˈkat/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the chamber of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-lish-KAT
- clause
va-ya-SHBE-et et-ha-su-SIM a-SHER na-te-NU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA la-SHE-mesh mi-BO bet-ye-ho-VAH el-lish-KAT ne-TAN-me-lekh ha-sa-RIS a-SHER ba-par-va-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-SHBE-et et-ha-su-SIM a-SHER na-te-NU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA la-SHE-mesh mi-BO bet-ye-ho-VAH el-lish-KAT ne-TAN-me-lekh ha-sa-RIS a-SHER ba-par-va-RIM ve-et-mar-ke-VOT ha-SHE-mesh sa-RAF ba-ESH
Exegesis
A sequence of prepositional phrases—mibbo bēt-YHWH ‘from the entrance of the house of the LORD’ (mibbo {מִבֹּ֣א | mibbōʾ}; bēt {בֵית־ | bēt}; YHWH {יְהוָ֔ה | YHWH}) and ʾel liškāt Neṯān-Melek ha-sārîs ‘to the chamber of Nathan-melech the officer’ (ʾel {אֶל־ | ʾel}; liškāt {לִשְׁכַּת֙ | liškāt})—maps precise spatial relations around the temple complex.
In context — 2 Kings 23:11
And he removed the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun from the entrance of the house of the LORD , to the chamber of Netan-Melek , the official, which was in the precincts, and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 23:11, so the Hebrew word אֶל־לִשְׁכַּת֙ (ellishkat) 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.23.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.11.W10.S1) and character.