2 Samuel 14:16:62 Sam.14.16.W6TAB
מִכַּ֣ף
mikkaf
“from the hand of”
- Transliteration
- mik-KAF
- Extended
- mihk-KAHF
- IPA
- /mikˈkaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the hand of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mik-KAF
- phraseyour reading level
mik-KAF ha-ISH
- clause
KI yish-MA ham-ME-lekh le-ha-TSIL et-a-ma-TO mik-KAF ha-ISH
- sentence
KI yish-MA ham-ME-lekh le-ha-TSIL et-a-ma-TO mik-KAF ha-ISH le-hash-MID o-TI ve-et-be-NI YA-khad min-na-kha-LAT e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The phrase mi-kaf ha-ish {מִכַּף הָאִישׁ | miḵ-kap̄ hā-ʾîš} ‘from the hand of the man’ employs a power metaphor for control.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:16
For the king will hear to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy both me and my son together from the inheritance of God .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 14:16, so the Hebrew word מִכַּ֣ף (mikkaf) 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.14.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.16.W6.S1) and character.