2 Samuel 18:19:82 Sam.18.19.W8TAB
כִּֽי־שְׁפָטֹ֥ו
kishefato
“that he judged him or gave him justice”
- Transliteration
- KI-she-fa-TO
- Extended
- KEE-sheh-fah-TOH
- IPA
- /kiː.ʃəfaːˈtˁoːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he judged him or gave him justice
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
KI-she-fa-TO
- phraseyour reading level
KI-she-fa-TO ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI-she-fa-TO ye-ho-VAH mi-YAD o-ye-VAV
- sentence
va-a-khi-MA-ats BEN-tsa-DOK a-MAR a-RU-tsa NA va-a-vas-se-RA et-ha-ME-lekh KI-she-fa-TO ye-ho-VAH mi-YAD o-ye-VAV
Exegesis
A causal clause introduced by ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ precedes the verb shafato {שְׁפָטוֹ | še-pha-ṯô} ‘has vindicated him’, followed by miyad oyvav {מִיַּד אֹיְבָיו | mî-yad ’ô-yə-bāv} ‘from the hand of his enemies’, a Hebrew word order that foregrounds divine action, which English renders with a direct cause-effect sequence.
Root and etymology
sh-p-ṭshin–pe–tet
“to judge”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:19
And Ahimaaz, son of Zadok, said, “Let me run, please, and let me bring news to the king, for the LORD has vindicated him from the hand of his enemies .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 18:19, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־שְׁפָטֹ֥ו (kishefato) 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.18.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.19.W8.S1) and character.