1 Kings 20:11:71 Kgs.20.11.W7TAB
כִּמְפַתֵּֽחַ׃
kimfateakh
“as one who unfastens, or takes off”
- Transliteration
- kim-fa-TE-akh
- Extended
- kihm-fah-TEH-aakh
- IPA
- /kim.faˈtːeː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- as one who unfastens, or takes off
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kim-fa-TE-akh
- sentence
va-YA-an ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-YO-mer da-be-RU al-yit-ha-LEL kho-GER kim-fa-TE-akh
Exegesis
The comparative prefix ki in kimpattē·aḥ {כִּמְפַתֵּֽחַ | ki·mĕ·pattē·aḥ} ‘like one who loosens’ contrasts with the participle ḥō·gēr {חֹגֵ֖ר | ḥō·gēr} ‘one who girds on’, forming a proverb-like antithesis that warns against premature triumph. The Hebrew word order foregrounds the preparatory action before the caution, and the transition from arming to disarming emphasizes the reversal of circumstances from readiness to victorious completion.
Root and etymology
פ-ת-ח
“to open, loosen”
In context — 1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel answered and said, “Say, ‘Let not the one who girds on boast like the one who loosens it .’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 20:11, so the Hebrew word כִּמְפַתֵּֽחַ׃ (kimfateakh) 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.20.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.11.W7.S1) and character.