2 Samuel 17:8:132 Sam.17.8.W13TAB
כְּדֹ֥ב
kedov
“like a bear”
- Transliteration
- ke-DOV
- Extended
- keh-DOHV
- IPA
- /kəˈðoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a bear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-DOV
- phraseyour reading level
ke-DOV sha-KUL
- clause
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI a-TA ya-Da-TA et-A-vi-KHA ve-et-a-na-SHAIV KI gi-bo-RIM HE-ma u-ma-RE NE-fesh HE-ma ke-DOV sha-KUL ba-sa-DE
- sentence
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI a-TA ya-Da-TA et-A-vi-KHA ve-et-a-na-SHAIV KI gi-bo-RIM HE-ma u-ma-RE NE-fesh HE-ma ke-DOV sha-KUL ba-sa-DE ve-a-vi-KHA ISH mil-kha-MA ve-LO ya-LIN et-ha-AM
Exegesis
The simile ke-dov shakul basadeh {כְּדֹב שַׁכּוּל בַּשָּׂדֶה | kedōḇ šakkūl baśśā·ḏēh} employs animal imagery for ferocity.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:8
And Hushai said, “You know your father and his men, for they are mighty men and embittered of soul , like a bear bereaved in the field. And your father is a man of war , and he will not spend the night with the people.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 17:8, so the Hebrew word כְּדֹ֥ב (kedov) 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.17.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.8.W13.S1) and character.