2 Samuel 22:12:52 Sam.22.12.W5TAB
חַֽשְׁרַת־מַ֖יִם
khasheratmayim
“darkness of water or gathering of water”
- Transliteration
- kha-she-RAT-ma-YIM
- Extended
- khah-sheh-RAT-mah-YIHM
- IPA
- /ħaʃˈrat.maˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- darkness of water or gathering of water
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-she-RAT-ma-YIM
- clause
kha-she-RAT-ma-YIM a-VE she-kha-KIM
- sentence
va-YA-shet KHO-shekh se-vi-vo-TAV su-KOT kha-she-RAT-ma-YIM a-VE she-kha-KIM
Exegesis
The feminine plural noun sukkot {סֻכּ֑וֹת | sukkôt} ‘shelters’ parallels khashrat-mayim {חַֽשְׁרַת־מַ֖יִם | ḥašrāt-mayim} ‘gathering of waters’, evoking the imagery of storm clouds formed by condensed rain.
Root and etymology
Rootm-y-m
“water, flood”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:12
He set darkness around Him as shelters—dark waters and thick skies.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 22:12, so the Hebrew word חַֽשְׁרַת־מַ֖יִם (khasheratmayim) 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.22.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.12.W5.S1) and character.