2 Samuel 16:4:112 Sam.16.4.W11TAB
הִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֔יתִי
hishtakhaveti
“I have bowed down or I pay homage”
- Transliteration
- hish-ta-kha-ve-TI
- Extended
- hihsh-tah-khah-veh-TEE
- IPA
- /hiʃ.ta.ħă.weːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have bowed down or I pay homage
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hish-ta-kha-ve-TI
- clause
va-YO-mer tsi-VA hish-ta-kha-ve-TI em-tsa-KHEN be-e-NE-kha a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-tsi-VA hi-NE le-KHA KOL a-SHER lim-fi-VO-SHET va-YO-mer tsi-VA hish-ta-kha-ve-TI em-tsa-KHEN be-e-NE-kha a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
Ziba’s response opens with hishtachaveti {הִשְׁתַּחֲוֵיתִי | his·ta·ḥă·wě·ṯī} ‘I have bowed down’, a Hithpael perfect conveying humility.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:4
Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold , all that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours.” And Ziba said, “I have bowed down. May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 16:4, so the Hebrew word הִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֔יתִי (hishtakhaveti) 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.16.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.4.W11.S1) and character.