2 Samuel 14:30:42 Sam.14.30.W4TAB
חֶלְקַ֨ת
khelkat
“the portion of”
- Transliteration
- KHEL-kat
- Extended
- KHEHL-kaht
- IPA
- /ˈħɛl.qat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the portion of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHEL-kat
- phraseyour reading level
re-U KHEL-kat yo-AV el-ya-DI
- clause
va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAIV re-U KHEL-kat yo-AV el-ya-DI ve-LO-SHAM se-o-RIM le-KHU ve-ho-tse-TI-ya ve-hats-si-TU-ha va-ESH
- sentence
va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAIV re-U KHEL-kat yo-AV el-ya-DI ve-LO-SHAM se-o-RIM le-KHU ve-ho-tse-TI-ya ve-hats-si-TU-ha va-ESH va-yats-tsi-TU av-DE av-sha-LOM et-ha-khel-KA ba-ESH
Exegesis
A genitival construct chelkat Yoav {חֶלְקַת יוֹאָב | ḥel-qāṯ Yōʾāw} ‘Joab’s field’ with the adjunct el-yadi {אֶל־יָדִי | ʾel-yā-ḏî} ‘next to my hand’ conveys proximity.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:30
And he said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 14:30, so the Hebrew word חֶלְקַ֨ת (khelkat) 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.14.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.30.W4.S1) and character.