1 Samuel 20:15:21 Sam.20.15.W2TAB
אֶת־חַסְדְּךָ֛
etkhasdekha
“the loyalty of you”
- Transliteration
- et-khas-DE-kha
- Extended
- eht-khas-DEH-khaa
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ħasˈdɛx.aː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the loyalty of you
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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
et-khas-DE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-ta-KHRIT et-khas-DE-kha
- clause
ve-LO-ta-KHRIT et-khas-DE-kha me-IM be-TI ad-o-LAM
- sentence
ve-LO-ta-KHRIT et-khas-DE-kha me-IM be-TI ad-o-LAM ve-LO be-hak-HRIT ye-ho-VAH et-o-ye-VE da-VID ISH me-AL pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
The object chasdeka {חַסְדְּךָ | ḥa-səd-ká} ‘your loyal love’ is introduced by et and followed by the locative me-im beiti ‘from my house’.
Root and etymology
ח־ס־ד
“lovingkindness, loyal love”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:15
Do not cut off your kindness from my house forever—no, not even when the LORD cuts off the enemies of David, every one of them, from the face of the earth.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 20:15, so the Hebrew word אֶת־חַסְדְּךָ֛ (etkhasdekha) 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 Sam.20.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.15.W2.S1) and character.