בִּקְצֵ֨ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בִּקְצֵ֨ה

   bik-TSE

   at the end of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בִּקְצֵ֨ה הַמַּטֶּ֧ה אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִ֛י

   bik-TSE ha-ma-TE a-sher-be-ya-DI

   at the end of the staff which was in my hand
3. clause🔊 וַיַּגֶּד־ל֣וֹ יוֹנָתָ֗ן וַיֹּאמֶר֩ טָעֹ֨ם טָעַ֜מְתִּי בִּקְצֵ֨ה הַמַּטֶּ֧ה אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִ֛י מְעַ֥ט דְּבַ֖שׁ הִנְנִ֥י אָמֽוּת׃

   va-ya-GED-lo yo-na-TAN va-yo-MER ta-OM ta-AM-te bik-TSE ha-ma-TE a-sher-be-ya-DI me-AT de-VASH hin-NE a-MUT

   and he told him Jonathan and he said tasting I tasted or I surely tasted I tasted at the end of the staff which was in my hand a little honey here I am I will die
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שָׁאוּל֙ אֶל־י֣וֹנָתָ֔ן הַגִּ֥ידָה לִּ֖י מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָה וַיַּגֶּד־ל֣וֹ יוֹנָתָ֗ן וַיֹּאמֶר֩ טָעֹ֨ם טָעַ֜מְתִּי בִּקְצֵ֨ה הַמַּטֶּ֧ה אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִ֛י מְעַ֥ט דְּבַ֖שׁ הִנְנִ֥י אָמֽוּת׃

   va-yo-MER sha-UL el-yo-na-TAN ha-gi-DA LI ME a-si-TA va-ya-GED-lo yo-na-TAN va-yo-MER ta-OM ta-AM-te bik-TSE ha-ma-TE a-sher-be-ya-DI me-AT de-VASH hin-NE a-MUT

   and he said Saul to Jonathan tell to me what you have done and he told him Jonathan and he said tasting I tasted or I surely tasted I tasted at the end of the staff which was in my hand a little honey here I am I will die

Exegesis

The locative phrase biktse hammateh {בִּקְצֵה הַמַּטֶּה | bi·kṣēh ham·mā·ṭṭeh} ‘at the end of the staff’ specifies the action’s site, and the relative clause asher-beyadi {אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִי | ʼă·šer-bə·yā·dî} ‘that was in my hand’ adds agency.

Root and etymology

ק־צ־ה🔊 qof–tsade–he

“end, tip”

• 🔊 קָצִיץqatzitzpetalSong 2:1