2 Samuel 20:1:142 Sam.20.1.W14TAB
חֵ֜לֶק
khelek
“a portion”
- Transliteration
- KHE-lek
- Extended
- KHEE-lehk
- IPA
- /ˈħeːlɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- a portion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
KHE-lek
- phraseyour reading level
EN-LA-nu KHE-lek
- clause
va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-YO-mer EN-LA-nu KHE-lek be-da-VID ve-LO na-kha-LA-LA-nu be-ven-yish-AI ISH le-o-ha-LAV yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-SHAM nik-RA ISH be-li-YA-al u-she-MO SHE-va ben-BIKH-ri ISH ye-mi-NI va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-YO-mer EN-LA-nu KHE-lek be-da-VID ve-LO na-kha-LA-LA-nu be-ven-yish-AI ISH le-o-ha-LAV yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The paired negatives ein-lanu chelek {אֵין־לָנוּ חֵלֶק | ʾên-lā-nû ḥē-leq} and ve-lo nachalahlanu {וְלֹא נַחֲלָה־לָנוּ | wə-lō na-ḥă-lā-hā-lā-nû} form a chiastic structure emphasizing total repudiation of Davidic rule.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:1
And there was found a man of worthlessness , and his name was Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the horn and said, “We have no share in David, nor inheritance for us in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 20:1, so the Hebrew word חֵ֜לֶק (khelek) 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.20.1.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.1.W14.S1) and character.