2 Samuel 14:17:22 Sam.14.17.W2TAB
שִׁפְחָ֣תְךָ֔
shivkhatekha
“your female servant”
- Transliteration
- shiv-kha-TE-kha
- Extended
- shiv-khaa-TEH-khaa
- IPA
- /ʃif.ħaːˈtɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your female servant
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-TE-kha
- clause
va-TO-mer shiv-kha-TE-kha yih-HE-NA de-VAR-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh lim-nu-KHA
- sentence
va-TO-mer shiv-kha-TE-kha yih-HE-NA de-VAR-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh lim-nu-KHA KI ke-mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM KEN a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh lish-MO-a ha-TOV ve-ha-RA va-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ye-HI im-MAKH
Exegesis
The agent subject shifchatkha {שִׁפְחָתְךָ | šif-ḥā-tə-kha} ‘your maidservant’ conveys humility.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:17
And your maidservant said, “May the word of my lord the king provide rest, for like an angel of God , so is my lord the king in discerning the good and the evil . May the LORD your God be with you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 14:17, so the Hebrew word שִׁפְחָ֣תְךָ֔ (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.14.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.17.W2.S1) and character.