2 Samuel 16:8:172 Sam.16.8.W17TAB
וְהִנְּךָ֙
vehinnekha
“and behold you”
- Transliteration
- ve-hin-NE-kha
- Extended
- veh-hihn-NEH-khah
- IPA
- /wəhinˈnɛχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and behold you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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
ve-hin-NE-kha
- clause
ve-hin-NE-kha be-ra-a-TE-kha KI ISH da-MIM a-TA
- sentence
he-SHIV a-LE-kha ye-ho-VAH KOL de-ME BET-sha-UL a-SHER ma-LAKH-ta ta-KHA-to ta-KHE-taiv va-yit-TEN ye-ho-VAH et-ha-me-lu-KHA be-YAD av-sha-LOM be-NE-kha ve-hin-NE-kha be-ra-a-TE-kha KI ISH da-MIM a-TA
Exegesis
The result clause vehinnekha berra’atekha {וְהִנְּךָ בְּרָעָתֶךָ | wə-hin-nê-kā bə-rā-’ā-te-kā} ‘and now you are in your calamity’ highlights the present state of judgment.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:8
The LORD has repaid you for all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you reigned, and has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. And now you stand in your calamity, because you are a bloodstained man.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:8:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 16:8, so the Hebrew word וְהִנְּךָ֙ (vehinnekha) 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.16.8.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.8.W17.S1) and character.