2 Samuel 17:2:122 Sam.17.2.W12TAB
וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י
vehiketi
“and I will strike”
- Transliteration
- ve-hi-KE-ti
- Extended
- veh-hih-KEE-tee
- IPA
- /wəhikˈkeː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will strike
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ve-hi-KE-ti
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hi-KE-ti et-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
ve-hi-KE-ti et-ha-ME-lekh le-vad-DO
- sentence
ve-a-VO a-LAV ve-HU ya-GE-a u-re-FE ya-DA-yim ve-ha-kha-rad-TI o-TO ve-NAS KAL-ha-AM a-SHER-i-TO ve-hi-KE-ti et-ha-ME-lekh le-vad-DO
Exegesis
The verse unfolds as a series of vav-consecutive actions, beginning with ve'avo {וְאָב֣וֹא | wə-’ā-vō} ‘and I will come,’ and continuing through vehacharadti {וְהַֽחֲרַדְתִּי | wə-ḥa-ḥa-rā-ḏə-tī} ‘and I will terrify,’ venas {וְנָ֖ס | wə-nās} ‘and will flee,’ and vehikeiti {וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י | wə-hi-kē-tī} ‘and I will strike.’
In context — 2 Samuel 17:2
And I will come upon him when he is weary and weak-handed , and I will startle him , and all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike the king alone.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 17:2, so the Hebrew word וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י (vehiketi) 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.17.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.2.W12.S1) and character.