2 Samuel 18:16:92 Sam.18.16.W9TAB
כִּֽי־חָשַׂ֥ךְ
kikhasakh
“for he held back”
- Transliteration
- ki-KHA-sakh
- Extended
- KEE-KHAA-sahkh
- IPA
- /kiː.ħaːˈsaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for he held back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
ki-KHA-sakh
- phraseyour reading level
ki-KHA-sakh yo-AV
- clause
ki-KHA-sakh yo-AV et-ha-AM
- sentence
va-yit-KA yo-AV ba-sho-FAR va-ya-SHAV ha-AM mir-DOF a-kha-RE yis-ra-EL ki-KHA-sakh yo-AV et-ha-AM
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces a causal clause, followed by the perfect chashach {חָשַׁךְ | ḥāšax} ‘he restrained’, attributing agency to Joab as the one halting the troops. English SVO order is used for clarity, contrasting with the Hebrew verb-initial narrative motif.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–shin–kaf
“to restrain”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:16
Then Joab blew the trumpet , and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 18:16, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־חָשַׂ֥ךְ (kikhasakh) 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.18.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.16.W9.S1) and character.