1 Kings 13:8:51 Kgs.13.8.W5TAB
אֶת־חֲצִ֣י
etkhatsi
“half of”
- Transliteration
- et-kha-TSI
- Extended
- eht-khah-TSIH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ħaˈtsiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- half of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
et-kha-TSI
- phraseyour reading level
et-kha-TSI BE-te-kha
- clause
va-YO-mer ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM el-ha-ME-lekh im-ti-TEN-li et-kha-TSI BE-te-kha LO a-VO im-MA-kh
- sentence
va-YO-mer ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM el-ha-ME-lekh im-ti-TEN-li et-kha-TSI BE-te-kha LO a-VO im-MA-kh ve-LO-o-KHAL LE-khem ve-LO esh-TE-ma-YIM ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The conditional particle im {אִם־ | ʼim} ‘if’ with the imperfect titen {תִּתֶּן־ | ti·tēn} ‘you give’ sets up a hypothetical, with the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʼet} marking chatsi {חֲצִ֣י | ḥa·ṣī} ‘half’ of beitecha {בֵיתֶ֔כָּה | bey·te·ḵā} ‘your house’.
Root and etymology
chet–tsade–yodchet–tsade–yod
“half”
In context — 1 Kings 13:8
But the man of God said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 13:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־חֲצִ֣י (etkhatsi) 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 Kgs.13.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.8.W5.S1) and character.