1 Chronicles 17:24:31 Chr.17.24.W3TAB
שִׁמְךָ֤
shimkha
“your name”
- Transliteration
- shim-KHA
- Extended
- shihm-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʃimˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your name
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
shim-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yig-DAL shim-KHA ad-o-LAM
- clause
ve-ye-a-MEN ve-yig-DAL shim-KHA ad-o-LAM le-MOR ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL e-lo-HIM le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-ye-a-MEN ve-yig-DAL shim-KHA ad-o-LAM le-MOR ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL e-lo-HIM le-yis-ra-EL u-VET-da-VID av-de-KHA na-KHON le-fa-NE-kha
Exegesis
The construct shimkha ʿad-ʿôlam {שִׁמְךָ֤ עַד־עוֹלָם֙ | šim-ḵā ʿad-ʿô-lam} ‘your name forever’ centers the theological desire for God’s enduring reputation.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:24
And let it be established, and may Your name become great forever, saying, “The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, a God to Israel.” And the house of David your servant will be established before You.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 17:24, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְךָ֤ (shimkha) 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 1 Chr.17.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.24.W3.S1) and character.