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
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kha-she-KHI
- phraseyour reading level
ya-gi-A kha-she-KHI
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH ya-gi-A kha-she-KHI
- 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 context — 2 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.