2 Samuel 13:2:32 Sam.13.2.W3TAB
לְהִתְחַלּ֗וֹת
lehitkhallot
“to make himself sick”
- Transliteration
- le-hit-khal-LOT
- Extended
- leh-hiht-khahl-LOHT
- IPA
- /ləhithħalˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to make himself sick
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-hit-khal-LOT
- clause
va-YE-tser le-am-NON le-hit-khal-LOT ba-a-VUR ta-MAR a-KHO-to KI ve-tu-LA HI
- sentence
va-YE-tser le-am-NON le-hit-khal-LOT ba-a-VUR ta-MAR a-KHO-to KI ve-tu-LA HI va-yip-pa-LE be-e-NE am-NON la-a-SOT LAH me-u-MA
Exegesis
The infinitive lə-hitkhalot {לְהִתְחַלּ֗וֹת | lə-ḥit-ḥal-lōṯ} ‘to make himself ill’ expresses reflexive causation introduced by ba-ʿavur {בַּֽעֲבוּר֙ | ba-ʿa-vur} ‘because of’, linked to tamar {תָּמָ֣ר | tā-mār} ‘Tamar’, with ʼaḥōtô {אֲחֹת֔וֹ | ʾa-ḥō-to} ‘his sister’ marking the relationship.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:2
And Amnon was distressed to the point of making himself ill because of Tamar, his sister, for she was a virgin , and it was difficult in the eyes of Amnon to do anything to her.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 13:2, so the Hebrew word לְהִתְחַלּ֗וֹת (lehitkhallot) 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 Sam.13.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.2.W3.S1) and character.