2 Kings 23:35:142 Kgs.23.35.W14TAB
כְּעֶרְכּ֗וֹ
keerko
“according to his valuation”
- Transliteration
- ke-er-KO
- Extended
- keh-ehr-KOH
- IPA
- /kəʕɛrˈkoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to his valuation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
ke-er-KO
- phraseyour reading level
ISH ke-er-KO
- clause
ISH ke-er-KO na-GAS et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV et-am ha-A-rets la-TET le-far-O ne-KHO
- sentence
ve-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV na-TAN ye-ho-ya-KIM le-far-O AKH he-e-RI-khekh et-ha-A-rets la-TET et-ha-KE-sef al-PI far-O ISH ke-er-KO na-GAS et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV et-am ha-A-rets la-TET le-far-O ne-KHO
Exegesis
The distributive pattern ish {אִ֣ישׁ | ʾîš} ‘a man’ + ke-erkho {כְּעֶרְכּ֗וֹ | kəʿerḵô} ‘according to his valuation’ specifies individualized assessment, and nagas {נָגַ֞שׂ | nāgaś} ‘he exacted’ then resumes the narrative flow with the objects et-hakesef2 {אֶת־הַכֶּ֤סֶף | ʾeṯ-hākésep̄} ‘the silver’ and ve'et-hazahav {וְאֶת־הַזָּהָב֙ | wə-ʾeṯ-hāzāhāḇ} ‘and the gold.’
In context — 2 Kings 23:35
Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; however, he assessed the land to give the silver at Pharaoh’s word, and he exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, each man according to his valuation, to give to Pharaoh Necho.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:35:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 23:35, so the Hebrew word כְּעֶרְכּ֗וֹ (keerko) 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.23.35.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.35.W14.S1) and character.