2 Kings 23:2:122 Kgs.23.2.W12TAB
לְמִקָּטֹ֣ן
lemikkaton
“from small”
- Transliteration
- le-mik-ka-TON
- Extended
- leh-mihk-kah-TOHN
- IPA
- /ləmik.qaˈtˤoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- from small
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mik-ka-TON
- phraseyour reading level
le-mik-ka-TON ve-AD-ga-DOL
- clause
va-YA-al ha-ME-lekh BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHOL-ish ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim i-TO ve-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-ne-vi-IM ve-KHOL-ha-AM le-mik-ka-TON ve-AD-ga-DOL
- sentence
va-YA-al ha-ME-lekh BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHOL-ish ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim i-TO ve-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-ne-vi-IM ve-KHOL-ha-AM le-mik-ka-TON ve-AD-ga-DOL va-yik-RA be-oz-ne-HEM et-KHOL-div-RE SE-fer ha-be-RIT ha-nim-TSA be-VET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The phrase lə-miqqāṭōn wə-ʿad-gādôl {לְמִקָּטֹ֣ן וְעַד־גָּד֑וֹל | lə-miqqāṭōn wə-ʿad-gādôl} ‘from the least to the great’ conveys inclusivity.
In context — 2 Kings 23:2
And the king went up to the house of the LORD , and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets and all the people from the least to the greatest, and he read in their hearing all the words of the covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 23:2, so the Hebrew word לְמִקָּטֹ֣ן (lemikkaton) 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.23.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.2.W12.S1) and character.