2 Chronicles 20:9:142 Chr.20.9.W14TAB
שִׁמְךָ֖
shimkha
“your name”
- Transliteration
- SHIM-kha
- Extended
- SHIHM-khaa
- IPA
- /ˈʃim.xɑː/
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
KI SHIM-kha
- clause
im-ta-VO a-LE-nu ra-A KHE-rev she-FOT ve-DE-ver ve-ra-AV na-am-DA lif-NE ha-BA-yit ha-ZE u-le-fa-NE-kha KI SHIM-kha ba-BA-yit ha-ZE
- sentence
im-ta-VO a-LE-nu ra-A KHE-rev she-FOT ve-DE-ver ve-ra-AV na-am-DA lif-NE ha-BA-yit ha-ZE u-le-fa-NE-kha KI SHIM-kha ba-BA-yit ha-ZE ve-niz-AK E-le-kha mits-tsa-ra-TE-nu ve-tish-MA ve-to-SHI-a
Exegesis
The clause ki shemkha babayit hazeh {כִּי שִׁמְךָ בַּבַּיִת הַזֶּה | kî šem·ĕkā ba·ba·yiṯ ha·zzeh} asserts covenantal identity.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:9
If calamity, sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine comes upon us, we will stand before this house and before You , for Your name is in this house, and we will cry out to You in our distress , and You will hear and save.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 20:9, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְךָ֖ (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 2 Chr.20.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.9.W14.S1) and character.