2 Samuel 14:20:112 Sam.14.20.W11TAB
חָכָ֗ם
khakham
“is wise”
- Transliteration
- kha-KHAM
- Extended
- khaa-KHAAM
- IPA
- /ħaːˈxaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- is wise
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-KHAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-do-NI kha-KHAM
- clause
va-do-NI kha-KHAM ke-khokh-MAT mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM la-da-AT et-kal-a-SHER ba-A-rets
- sentence
le-va-a-VUR sa-BEV et-pe-NE ha-da-VAR a-SA av-de-KHA yo-AV et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE va-do-NI kha-KHAM ke-khokh-MAT mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM la-da-AT et-kal-a-SHER ba-A-rets
Exegesis
A vav-consecutive clause, va-adoni chacham {וַאדֹנִי חָכָם | wa-’ă-do-nî ḥā-kām ‘and my lord is wise’}, introduces the analogy ke-chokhmat mal’akh ha-Elohim {כְּחָכְמַת מַלְאָךְ הָאֱלֹהִים | kə-ḥākh-mat mal-’ākh hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm ‘like the wisdom of the angel of God’}.
Root and etymology
ḥ-k-m
“to be wise”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:20
For the sake of turning the course of this matter, your servant Joab did this thing. And my lord is wise, like the wisdom of an angel of God , to know all that is in the land .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:20:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 14:20, so the Hebrew word חָכָ֗ם (khakham) 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.14.20.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.20.W11.S1) and character.