2 Kings 23:35:152 Kgs.23.35.W15TAB
נָגַ֞שׂ
nagas
“he exacted or he demanded”
- Transliteration
- na-GAS
- Extended
- nah-GAHS
- IPA
- /naːˈɣaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he exacted or he demanded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-GAS
- 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.’
Root and etymology
consonantsnun–gimel–sin
“to press, drive, exact”
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 23:35:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 23:35, so the Hebrew word נָגַ֞שׂ (nagas) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.35.W15.S1) and character.