2 Samuel 21:19:162 Sam.21.19.W16TAB
כִּמְנ֖וֹר
kimnor
“like a beam”
- Transliteration
- kim-NOR
- Extended
- kihm-NOHR
- IPA
- /kimˈnoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a beam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kim-NOR
- clause
va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-re or-GIM BET ha-lakh-MI ET gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
- sentence
va-te-HI-OD ha-mil-kha-MA be-GOV im-pe-lish-TIM va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-re or-GIM BET ha-lakh-MI ET gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
Exegesis
The simile kimmnor orgim {כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים | kimmô·nôr ʾor·gîm} ‘like a weaver’s beam’ emphasizes the formidable bulk of the spear’s shaft.
In context — 2 Samuel 21:19
And again there was the battle at Gob with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jaarei-oregim the Bethlehemite struck Goliath the Gittite , and the shaft of his spear was like the beam of weavers .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:19:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 21:19, so the Hebrew word כִּמְנ֖וֹר (kimnor) 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.21.19.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.19.W16.S1) and character.