Psalm 20:2:1Ps.20.2.W1TABWLC Psalms 20:3
יִשְׁלַֽח־עֶזְרְךָ֥
yishlakhezerkha
“may he send your help”
- Transliteration
- yish-LAKH-E-zer-KHA
- Extended
- yihsh-LAHKH-EH-zehr-KHAA
- IPA
- /jiʃˈlaħ.ʕɛzˈrəː.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- may he send your help
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-LAKH-E-zer-KHA
- clause
yish-LAKH-E-zer-KHA mik-DOHSH
- sentence
yish-LAKH-E-zer-KHA mik-DOHSH u-mits-tsi-YON yis-e-A-de-KHA
Exegesis
The verse employs two parallel Qal imperfect jussive verbs yishlach {יִשְׁלַח | yiš-laḥ} ‘may He send’ and yisaadekha {יִסְעָדֶךָ | yis-ʿā-de-ḵā} ‘may He support you’, framing a balanced petition.
The construct noun ezrekha {עֶזְרְךָ | ʿez-re-ḵā} personalizes the plea.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–lamed–het
“to send”
In context — Psalm 20:2
May He send assistance to you from the sanctuary , and may He uphold you from Zion.
About this coordinate
Psalm 20:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 20:2, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁלַֽח־עֶזְרְךָ֥ (yishlakhezerkha) 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 Ps.20.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.20.2.W1.S1) and character.