2 Samuel 13:25:92 Sam.13.25.W9TAB
נִכְבַּ֖ד
nikbad
“let us be burdensome or be heavy”
- Transliteration
- nik-BAD
- Extended
- nihk-BAHD
- IPA
- /nixˈbad/
Meaning by language
- English
- let us be burdensome or be heavy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nik-BAD
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO nik-BAD
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-av-sha-LOM al-be-NI al-NA ne-LEKH kul-LA-nu ve-LO nik-BAD a-LE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-av-sha-LOM al-be-NI al-NA ne-LEKH kul-LA-nu ve-LO nik-BAD a-LE-kha va-yif-RATS-BO ve-LO-A-VA la-LE-khet va-ye-va-ra-KHE-hu
Exegesis
The Niphal perfect nichbad {נִכְבַּד | nikh-bāḏ} functions as a stative passive “be burdensome.” The concessive sequence vayipratsbo ...
Root and etymology
כ־ב־ד
“to be heavy, burdensome”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:25
And the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, please do not let us all go, lest we be a burden to you.” Though Absalom urged him, he would not go, but blessed him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:25:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 13:25, so the Hebrew word נִכְבַּ֖ד (nikbad) 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.13.25.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.25.W9.S1) and character.