2 Samuel 16:17:42 Sam.16.17.W4TAB
זֶ֥ה
ze
“this”
- Transliteration
- ZE
- Extended
- ZEH
- IPA
- /ˈzɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- this
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ZE
- phraseyour reading level
ZE kha-SE-de-kha
- clause
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM el-khu-SHAI ZE kha-SE-de-kha et-re-E-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM el-khu-SHAI ZE kha-SE-de-kha et-re-E-kha LA-ma lo-ha-LAKH-ta et-re-E-kha
Exegesis
The demonstrative zeh {זֶה | zeh} ‘this’ is fronted to focus on chasdecha re’ekha {חַסְדְּךָ רֵעֶךָ | ḥas·de·kha re·ʿe·kha} ‘your kindness to your friend.’
In context — 2 Samuel 16:17
And Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your kindness to your friend ? Why did you not go with your friend?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 16:17, so the Hebrew word זֶ֥ה (ze) 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.16.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.17.W4.S1) and character.