2 Samuel 18:13:32 Sam.18.13.W3TAB
שֶׁ֔קֶר
sheker
“a lie”
- Transliteration
- SHE-ker
- Extended
- SHEH-kehr
- IPA
- /ˈʃɛ.qɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a lie
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-ker
- clause
o-a-SI-ti ve-naf-SHI SHE-ker ve-khol-da-VAR lo-yik-ka-KHED min-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
o-a-SI-ti ve-naf-SHI SHE-ker ve-khol-da-VAR lo-yik-ka-KHED min-ha-ME-lekh ve-a-TA tit-ya-TSEV mi-NE-ged
Exegesis
Following this, sheqer {שֶׁקֶר | še-qer} ‘falsehood’ introduces the moral quality of the action.
Root and etymology
ש־ק־ר
“deceit”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:13
Otherwise, I would have acted falsely against my life, for not a matter would have been hidden from the king, and you would have kept your distance .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 18:13, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֔קֶר (sheker) 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.18.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.13.W3.S1) and character.