2 Samuel 22:29:62 Sam.22.29.W6TAB

חָשְׁכִּֽי׃

khashekhi

my darkness

Transliteration
kha-she-KHI
Extended
khaa-sheh-KHEE
IPA
/ħɔʃəˈxiː/

Meaning by language

English
my darkness

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
חָ + שְׁ + כִּֽי׃
kha + she + khi
khashekhi

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    kha-she-KHI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ya-gi-A kha-she-KHI

  3. clause

    va-ye-ho-VAH ya-gi-A kha-she-KHI

  4. sentence

    ki-a-TA ne-i-RI ye-ho-VAH va-ye-ho-VAH ya-gi-A kha-she-KHI

Exegesis

The parallel construct choshki {חָשְׁכִּי | khōškî} ‘my darkness’ forms a poetic antithesis of obscurity transformed into light. The repetition of the divine name intensifies the parallelism.

Root and etymology

ch-sh-kchet–shin–kaf

darkness, obscurity

In context2 Samuel 22:29

For You are my lamp , LORD ; and the LORD will make my darkness shine.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 22:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 22:29, so the Hebrew word חָשְׁכִּֽי׃ (khashekhi) 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.22.29.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.29.W6.S1) and character.