2 Samuel 14:9:132 Sam.14.9.W13TAB
נָקִֽי׃
naki
“innocent or guiltless”
- Transliteration
- na-KI
- Extended
- naa-KEE
- IPA
- /naːˈqiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- innocent or guiltless
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-KI
- clause
ve-ha-ME-lekh ve-khis-O na-KI
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA hat-te-ko-IT el-ha-ME-lekh a-LAI a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh he-a-VON ve-al-BET a-VI ve-ha-ME-lekh ve-khis-O na-KI
Exegesis
Finally, the clause ve-hammēleḵ wə-kisʾô nāqqî {וְהַמֶּלֶךְ וְכִסְא֖וֹ נָקִֽי | wəhammēleḵ wəkiśʾô nāqqî} links king and throne as moral subjects, with the adjective nakkî affirming cleanness and legal innocence. The balanced parallelism underscores her voluntary acceptance of blame juxtaposed with the king’s declared blamelessness.
Root and etymology
nun–qoph–yodNQY
“clean, innocent”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:9
The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “May the guilt be on me and on my father’s house; but the king and his throne shall be innocent .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 14:9, so the Hebrew word נָקִֽי׃ (naki) 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.14.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.9.W13.S1) and character.