2 Samuel 16:12:112 Sam.16.12.W11TAB

קִלְלָת֖וֹ

killato

his cursing

Transliteration
kil-la-TO
Extended
kihl-lah-TOH
IPA
/qil.laːˈtoː/

Meaning by language

English
his cursing

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
קִלְ + לָ + ת֖וֹ
kil + la + to
killato

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    kil-la-TO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    TA-khat kil-la-TO

  3. clause

    ve-he-SHIV ye-ho-VAH LI to-VA TA-khat kil-la-TO ha-YOM ha-ZEH

  4. sentence

    u-LAI yir-EH ye-ho-VAH be-o-NI be-e-NI ve-he-SHIV ye-ho-VAH LI to-VA TA-khat kil-la-TO ha-YOM ha-ZEH

Exegesis

The noun pair tovah tachat kil’lato {טוֹבָ֔ה תַּ֥חַת קִלְלָת֖וֹ | ṭō-wāh ṯa-ḥat qiḷ-lā-ṯô} uses tachat ‘instead of’ to express substitution.

Root and etymology

q-l-l

to curse

In context2 Samuel 16:12

Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and restore good to me instead of his curse today.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 16:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 16:12, so the Hebrew word קִלְלָת֖וֹ (killato) 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.16.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.12.W11.S1) and character.