2 Samuel 21:9:182 Sam.21.9.W18TAB

תחלת

tekhelet

beginning of

Transliteration
te-khe-let
Extended
teh-kheh-LEHT
IPA
/təˈħelet/

Meaning by language

English
beginning of

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Lamedl as in law
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    te-khe-let

  2. phraseyour reading level

    te-khe-let vit-he-khil-LAT

  3. clause

    ve-hem ve-HE-ma hum-TE bi-ME ka-TSIR ba-ri-sho-NIM te-khe-let vit-he-khil-LAT ke-TSIR se-o-RIM

  4. sentence

    va-yit-NEM be-YAD ha-giv-o-NIM va-yo-ki-EM ba-HAR lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yip-LU she-va-tim she-vat-TAM YA-khad ve-hem ve-HE-ma hum-TE bi-ME ka-TSIR ba-ri-sho-NIM te-khe-let vit-he-khil-LAT ke-TSIR se-o-RIM

Exegesis

Final temporal layers bəyammê qaṣîr bārîšōnnîm biṯḥillāt qeṭṣîr seʿôrîm {בִּימֵי קָצִיר בָּרִאשֹׁנִים בִּתְחִלַּת קְצִיר שְׂעֹרִים | bi-ym-mê qa-ṣîr ba-ri-šō-nnîm bi-tḥil-lat qe-ṣir se-ʿō-rîm} ‘in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of the barley harvest’ reflect calendrical precision. English rendering shifts narrative vav-clauses into coordinated and subordinate structures, placing temporal modifiers at the end for clarity.

In context2 Samuel 21:9

And he handed them over to the Gibeonites, and they impaled them on the hill before the LORD , and all seven fell together; they were put to death in the days of harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 21:9:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Samuel 21:9, so the Hebrew word תחלת (tekhelet) 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.21.9.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.9.W18.S1) and character.