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
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kil-la-TO
- phraseyour reading level
TA-khat kil-la-TO
- clause
ve-he-SHIV ye-ho-VAH LI to-VA TA-khat kil-la-TO ha-YOM ha-ZEH
- 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 context — 2 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.