2 Samuel 14:12:42 Sam.14.12.W4TAB
שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛
shivkhatekha
“your maidservant”
- Transliteration
- shiv-KHA-tekha
- Extended
- shiv-KHAA-teh-khaa
- IPA
- /ʃifˈħaː.tə.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your maidservant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shiv-KHA-tekha
- phraseyour reading level
te-da-BER-NA shiv-KHA-tekha
- clause
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA te-da-BER-NA shiv-KHA-tekha el-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh da-VAR
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA te-da-BER-NA shiv-KHA-tekha el-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh da-VAR va-YO-mer da-BE-ri
Exegesis
The construct chain shifkhatekha {שִׁפְחָתְךָ | šip-ḥā-te-kā} ‘your maidservant’ expresses humility toward the addressee.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:12
And the woman said, “Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Speak.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 14:12, so the Hebrew word שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛ (shivkhatekha) 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.14.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.12.W4.S1) and character.