2 Samuel 22:37:12 Sam.22.37.W1TAB
תַּרְחִ֥יב
tarkhiv
“you make wide”
- Transliteration
- tar-KHIV
- Extended
- tahr-KHEEV
- IPA
- /tarˈħiːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- you make wide
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tar-KHIV
- phraseyour reading level
tar-KHIV tsa-a-DE
- clause
tar-KHIV tsa-a-DE takh-te-NE
- sentence
tar-KHIV tsa-a-DE takh-te-NE ve-LO ma-a-DU kar-su-LAI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Hiphil imperfect verb tarḥiv {תַּרְחִיב | tarḥîḇ} ‘you make wide,’ indicating active causation by the speaker’s God.
Root and etymology
ר־ח־ב
“to make broad or spacious”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:37
You make my step wide beneath me, and my ankles did not slip.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:37:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 22:37, so the Hebrew word תַּרְחִ֥יב (tarkhiv) 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.22.37.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.37.W1.S1) and character.