2 Samuel 18:22:122 Sam.18.22.W12TAB
הַכּוּשִֽׁי
hakushi
“the Cushite”
- Transliteration
- ha-ku-SHI
- Extended
- hah-koo-SHEE
- IPA
- /hak.kuːˈʃiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Cushite
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ku-SHI
- phraseyour reading level
a-kha-RE ha-ku-SHI va-yo-MER yo-AV
- sentence
va-yo-SEF OD a-khi-hi-MA-ats BEN-tsa-DOK va-yo-MER el-yo-AV vi-YI MA a-ru-TSA-na gam-a-NI a-kha-RE ha-ku-SHI va-yo-MER yo-AV la-MA-ze a-TA RATS be-NI u-le-KHA EN-be-so-RA mo-TSET
Exegesis
Ahimaaz uses gam-ʾānî {גַּם־אָנִי | gam-ʾānî} to underscore his eagerness before specifying pursuit with the prepositional phrase ʾaḥărê ha-kûšî {אַחֲרֵי הַכּוּשִׁי | ʾaḥărê ha-kûšî}.
Root and etymology
כ-שׁ-י
“descendant of Cush, foreigner”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:22
And Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, added again and said to Joab, “Whatever may happen, please let me also run after the Cushite .” And Joab said to him, “Why are you running, my son? You will have no reward for the news .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 18:22, so the Hebrew word הַכּוּשִֽׁי (hakushi) 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.18.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.22.W12.S1) and character.