2 Samuel 22:13:42 Sam.22.13.W4TAB
גַּחֲלֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃
gakhaleesh
“coals of fire”
- Transliteration
- ga-kha-LE-ESH
- Extended
- gah-khah-LEE-EESH
- IPA
- /gaħ.ăˈleː.ʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- coals of fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ga-kha-LE-ESH
- clause
ba-a-RU ga-kha-LE-ESH
- sentence
min-NO-ga NEG-do ba-a-RU ga-kha-LE-ESH
Exegesis
The construct sequence gachalei {גַּחֲלֵי | ga-ḥă-lê} ‘coals’ with ’esh {אֵשׁ | ’ēš} ‘fire’ yields “coals of fire.” Hebrew VSO word order places the predicate before its subject, emphasizing divine proximity. In English, preserving the source and spatial phrases at the start maintains emphasis, and the perfect verb is rendered with a perfective aspect to reflect intense action.
Root and etymology
Rootg-ḥ-l
“live coal”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:13
From the brightness in front of Him , coals of fire blazed up.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 22:13, so the Hebrew word גַּחֲלֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃ (gakhaleesh) 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.22.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.13.W4.S1) and character.