2 Samuel 14:7:182 Sam.14.7.W18TAB
אֶת־גַּֽחַלְתִּי֙
etgakhalti
“{the} coal of mine”
- Transliteration
- et-ga-khal-TI
- Extended
- eht-gah-khahl-TEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ɡaˈħaltiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {the} coal of mine
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
et-ga-khal-TI
- clause
ve-khi-BU et-ga-khal-TI a-SHER nish-a-RA le-vil-TI sum-sim-le-I-shi SHEM u-she-e-RIT al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
- sentence
ve-hin-NE ka-MA khol-ha-mish-pa-KHA al-shif-kha-TE-kha va-yo-me-RU te-NI et-ma-KE a-KHIV u-ne-mi-TE-hu be-NE-fesh a-KHIV a-SHER ha-RAG ve-nash-mi-DA GAM et-ha-yo-RESH ve-khi-BU et-ga-khal-TI a-SHER nish-a-RA le-vil-TI sum-sim-le-I-shi SHEM u-she-e-RIT al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
The idiom gachalti {גַּֽחַלְתִּי֙ | ’et-gaḥaltî} ‘my ember’ introduces an infinitival purpose clause levilti shum-sim-leishi {לְבִלְתִּ֧י שׁוּם־שִׂים־לְאִישִׁ֛י | lə-ḇilṭî šûm-sîm-lə’îšî} ‘that no name be placed for my husband’.
Root and etymology
ג־ח־ל
“ember”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:7
And behold, the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant, and they say, “Give up the one who struck his brother so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed.” And they add, “Let us destroy the heir as well.” In this way, they would quench my only ember which remains, so as to leave my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:7:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Samuel 14:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־גַּֽחַלְתִּי֙ (etgakhalti) 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.14.7.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.7.W18.S1) and character.