2 Samuel 22:40:22 Sam.22.40.W2TAB
חַ֖יִל
khayil
“strength”
- Transliteration
- kha-YIL
- Extended
- khah-YIHL
- IPA
- /ħaˈjil/
Meaning by language
- English
- strength
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-YIL
- phraseyour reading level
va-taz-RE-ni kha-YIL
- clause
va-taz-RE-ni kha-YIL lam-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-taz-RE-ni kha-YIL lam-mil-kha-MA tak-rhi-A ka-MAI takh-te-NI
Exegesis
The noun hayil {חַ֖יִל | ḥayîl} serves as an object complement.
Root and etymology
Roothet–yod–lamed
“strength, ability”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:40
You girded me with strength for battle; you caused my adversaries to bow beneath me.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:40:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 22:40, so the Hebrew word חַ֖יִל (khayil) 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.22.40.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.40.W2.S1) and character.