2 Samuel 18:14:42 Sam.18.14.W4TAB
אֹחִ֣ילָה
okhila
“I will wait”
- Transliteration
- o-khi-LA
- Extended
- oh-khih-LAA
- IPA
- /ʔoːħiˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will wait
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-khi-LA
- phraseyour reading level
o-khi-LA le-fa-NE-kha
- clause
va-YO-mer yo-AV lo-KHEN o-khi-LA le-fa-NE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer yo-AV lo-KHEN o-khi-LA le-fa-NE-kha va-yik-KAKH she-lo-SHA she-va-TIM be-KHA-po va-yit-ka-EM be-LEV av-sha-LOM o-de-NU KHAI be-LEV ha-e-LA
Exegesis
The Hifil imperfect achilah {אָחִילָה | ʾāḥîlāh} ‘I will cause to linger’ underscores intentionality.
Root and etymology
ח־י־יchet-yod-yod
“to live, alive”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:14
And Joab said, “I will not linger like this before you.” Then he took three javelins in his hand and thrust them into Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the heart of the oak tree.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 18:14, so the Hebrew word אֹחִ֣ילָה (okhila) 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.18.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.14.W4.S1) and character.