2 Samuel 14:7:42 Sam.14.7.W4TAB
עַל־שִׁפְחָתֶ֗ךָ
alshifkhatekha
“against your female-servant”
- Transliteration
- al-shif-kha-TE-kha
- Extended
- ahl-shihf-khah-TEH-khah
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃɪfħaˈtɛxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against your female-servant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-shif-kha-TE-kha
- clause
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
- 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 phrase al-shifchateka {עַל־שִׁפְחָתֶ֗ךָ | ʿal-šiphḥāteka} ‘against your maidservant’ marks the target with a second person possessive suffix.
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 14:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 14:7, so the Hebrew word עַל־שִׁפְחָתֶ֗ךָ (alshifkhatekha) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.7.W4.S1) and character.