2 Samuel 17:9:52 Sam.17.9.W5TAB
הַפְּחָתִ֔ים
hapekhatim
“the pits”
- Transliteration
- ha-pe-kha-TIM
- Extended
- hah-peh-khah-TEEM
- IPA
- /hapəħaˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the pits
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-pe-kha-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
be-a-KHAT ha-pe-kha-TIM
- clause
hin-NE a-TA HU-nekh-BA be-a-KHAT ha-pe-kha-TIM O be-a-KHAD ha-me-ko-MOT
- sentence
hin-NE a-TA HU-nekh-BA be-a-KHAT ha-pe-kha-TIM O be-a-KHAD ha-me-ko-MOT ve-ha-YA kin-FOL ba-HEM ba-te-khi-LA ve-sha-MA ha-sho-ME-a ve-a-MAR ha-ye-TA ma-ge-FA ba-AM a-SHER a-kha-RE av-sha-LOM
Root and etymology
פ־ח־ת
“depression, pit”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:9
Behold, now he is hiding in one of the pits or in one of the places, and it will be, when some of them fall at the beginning, that whoever hears will say, “A slaughter has occurred among the people who follow Absalom.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 17:9, so the Hebrew word הַפְּחָתִ֔ים (hapekhatim) 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.17.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.9.W5.S1) and character.