2 Samuel 16:21:132 Sam.16.21.W13TAB
כִּֽי־נִבְאַ֣שְׁתָּ
kinivashta
“that you have made yourself a stench”
- Transliteration
- ki-niv-ASHTA
- Extended
- kee-nihv-ahsh-TAH
- IPA
- /kiː.niv.ʔaʃˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that you have made yourself a stench
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-niv-ASHTA
- phraseyour reading level
ki-niv-ASHTA et-a-VI-kha
- clause
ve-sha-MA kol-yis-ra-EL ki-niv-ASHTA et-a-VI-kha ve-khaz-KU ye-DE kol-a-SHER i-TAKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-khi-TO-fel el-av-sha-LOM BO el-pi-lag-SHE a-VI-kha a-SHER hi-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit ve-sha-MA kol-yis-ra-EL ki-niv-ASHTA et-a-VI-kha ve-khaz-KU ye-DE kol-a-SHER i-TAKH
Exegesis
The clause kî nibʾaštā et-ʾăvîḵā {כִּֽי־נִבְאַ֣שְׁתָּ אֶת־אָבִ֔יךָ | kî nibʾaštā et-ʾăvîḵā} employs the Nifal perfect to express that Absalom has become abhorred by his father.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:21
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to guard the house. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself detestable to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:21:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 16:21, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־נִבְאַ֣שְׁתָּ (kinivashta) 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.16.21.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.21.W13.S1) and character.