2 Samuel 20:22:42 Sam.20.22.W4TAB
בְּחָכְמָתָ֗הּ
bekhakhamata
“in her wisdom”
- Transliteration
- be-kha-kha-ma-TA
- Extended
- beh-khaa-khaa-mah-TAA
- IPA
- /bəħɔx.maːˈtaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- in her wisdom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-kha-kha-ma-TA
- clause
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA el-KOL-ha-AM be-kha-kha-ma-TA va-yik-re-TU et-ROSH SHE-va ben-bikh-RI va-yash-li-KHU el-yo-AV va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-ya-fu-TSU me-AL-ha-IR ISH le-o-ha-LAV
- sentence
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA el-KOL-ha-AM be-kha-kha-ma-TA va-yik-re-TU et-ROSH SHE-va ben-bikh-RI va-yash-li-KHU el-yo-AV va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-ya-fu-TSU me-AL-ha-IR ISH le-o-ha-LAV ve-yo-AV SHAV ye-ru-sha-LA-im el-ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el kol ha’am {אֶל־כָּל־הָעָם | el kol hā-ʿām} marks the audience, while bechokhmatah {בְּחָכְמָתָ֗הּ | bə-ḥākh-ma-tāh} ‘with her wisdom’ functions instrumentally, attributing agency to the woman. The coordinated actions vayyikhrētu et rosh Sheva ben-Bikhri and vayyashlikhu el Yo’av link communal justice to the suppression of rebellion.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:22
And the woman came to all the people with her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. Then he blew the trumpet , and they scattered from the city, each man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 20:22, so the Hebrew word בְּחָכְמָתָ֗הּ (bekhakhamata) 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.20.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.22.W4.S1) and character.