2 Samuel 15:11:22 Sam.15.11.W2TAB
הָלְכ֞וּ
halkhu
“went”
- Transliteration
- hal-KHU
- Extended
- haal-KHOO
- IPA
- /hɔlˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- went
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hal-KHU
- clause
ve-ET-av-sha-LOM hal-KHU ma-TA-yim ISH mi-ru-sha-LA-yim ke-ru-IM ve-hol-KHIM le-tum-MAM
- sentence
ve-ET-av-sha-LOM hal-KHU ma-TA-yim ISH mi-ru-sha-LA-yim ke-ru-IM ve-hol-KHIM le-tum-MAM ve-LO ya-de-U KAL-da-VAR
Exegesis
The perfect verb halchu {הָלְכוּ | hā-lə-khû} ‘they went’ is immediately quantified by the dual numeral matayim {מָאתַיִם | mā-ṭa-yim} ‘two hundred’ modifying ish {אִישׁ | īš} ‘man’ for collective sense.
Root and etymology
h-l-kheh–lamed–kaf
“to go, to walk”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:11
And with Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who had been called and were walking in their innocence, and they did not know anything about the matter .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 15:11, so the Hebrew word הָלְכ֞וּ (halkhu) 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.15.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.11.W2.S1) and character.