2 Samuel 15:3:72 Sam.15.3.W7TAB
וּנְכֹחִ֑ים
unekhokhim
“and right or and correct”
- Transliteration
- u-ne-kho-KHIM
- Extended
- oo-neh-khoh-KHEEM
- IPA
- /u.nəxoːˈħiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and right or and correct
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-ne-kho-KHIM
- phraseyour reading level
to-VIM u-ne-kho-KHIM
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV av-sha-LOM re-E de-va-RE-kha to-VIM u-ne-kho-KHIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV av-sha-LOM re-E de-va-RE-kha to-VIM u-ne-kho-KHIM ve-sho-ME-a EN-le-kha me-ET ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The paired adjectives tovim {טוֹבִים | ṭōvīm} and unechokhim {וּנְכֹחִים | ū-nə-ḵōḥīm} form a coordinate legal evaluation.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-y-h
“to live, be alive”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:3
And Absalom said to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no one appointed by the king to hear you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:3, so the Hebrew word וּנְכֹחִ֑ים (unekhokhim) 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.15.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.3.W7.S1) and character.