2 Samuel 16:17:52 Sam.16.17.W5TAB
חַסְדְּךָ֖
khasedekha
“your loyalty or your kindness”
- Transliteration
- kha-SE-de-kha
- Extended
- khah-SEH-deh-khaa
- IPA
- /ħasˈdɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your loyalty or your kindness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
kha-SE-de-kha
- 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.’
Root and etymology
ch-s-dch–s–d
“covenant loyalty”
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 16:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 16:17, so the Hebrew word חַסְדְּךָ֖ (khasedekha) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.17.W5.S1) and character.