2 Kings 23:21:62 Kgs.23.21.W6TAB
פֶ֔סַח
pesakh
“Passover”
- Transliteration
- PE-sakh
- Extended
- PEH-sahkh
- IPA
- /ˈpɛsaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Passover
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PE-sakh
- phraseyour reading level
a-SU PE-sakh
- clause
va-ye-TSAV ha-ME-lekh et-KOL-ha-AM le-MOR a-SU PE-sakh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
- sentence
va-ye-TSAV ha-ME-lekh et-KOL-ha-AM le-MOR a-SU PE-sakh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem ka-ka-TUV AL SE-fer ha-be-RIT ha-ZE
Exegesis
The Qal imperative asu {עֲשׂ֣וּ | ʿă-su} ‘perform’ governs the festival name pesach {פֶ֔סַח | pē-ṣaḥ} ‘Passover’, directing communal observance.
Root and etymology
Rootpe–samekh–het
“to pass over, spare”
In context — 2 Kings 23:21
And the king commanded all the people, saying, “Observe the Passover to the LORD your God , as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 23:21, so the Hebrew word פֶ֔סַח (pesakh) 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.23.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.21.W6.S1) and character.