2 Kings 23:22:42 Kgs.23.22.W4TAB
כַּפֶּ֣סַח
kapesakh
“like the Passover”
- Transliteration
- ka-PE-sakh
- Extended
- kah-PEH-sahkh
- IPA
- /kapˈpɛsaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the Passover
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ka-PE-sakh
- phraseyour reading level
ka-PE-sakh ha-ZE
- clause
KI LO na-a-SA ka-PE-sakh ha-ZE mi-ME ha-sho-fe-TIM a-SHER shaf-TU ET-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
KI LO na-a-SA ka-PE-sakh ha-ZE mi-ME ha-sho-fe-TIM a-SHER shaf-TU ET-yis-ra-EL ve-KHOL ye-ME mal-KHE yis-ra-EL u-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The comparative construct kappesakh hazeh {כַּפֶּסַח הַזֶּה | kappēsaḥ hazzeh} ‘like this Passover’ employs the preposition kə- with the demonstrative hazzeh to pinpoint the event.
Root and etymology
פ־ס־ח
“to pass over, spare”
In context — 2 Kings 23:22
For no Passover like this had been observed from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor during all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 23:22, so the Hebrew word כַּפֶּ֣סַח (kapesakh) 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.23.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.22.W4.S1) and character.