2 Samuel 16:7:32 Sam.16.7.W3TAB
בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹ
bekallo
“in his cursing”
- Transliteration
- be-kal-LO
- Extended
- beh-kahl-LOH
- IPA
- /bəqalˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in his cursing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
be-kal-LO
- clause
ve-KHO-a-MAR shim-E be-kal-LO
- sentence
ve-KHO-a-MAR shim-E be-kal-LO TSE TSE ISH ha-da-MIM ve-ISH ha-be-li-YA-al
Exegesis
The prepositional infinitive be-kallelō {בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹ | bə-ḵal-lō} functions as a temporal participle (“in cursing him”) that frames the subsequent commands.
Root and etymology
q-l-l
“to curse”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:7
And thus Shimei said as he cursed him, “Go out, go out, man of bloodshed and man of worthlessness .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 16:7, so the Hebrew word בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹ (bekallo) 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.16.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.7.W3.S1) and character.