2 Samuel 22:43:12 Sam.22.43.W1TAB
וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖ם
veeshkhakem
“and I will grind them”
- Transliteration
- ve-e-shkha-KEM
- Extended
- veh-eh-shkhah-KEEM
- IPA
- /vəʔɛʃ.ħaːˈqeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will grind them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-e-shkha-KEM
- clause
ve-e-shkha-KEM ka-a-FAR-A-rets
- sentence
ve-e-shkha-KEM ka-a-FAR-A-rets ke-TIT-khu-TSOT a-dik-KEM e-re-ka-EM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the consecutive vav plus Piel imperfect ve’eshchakem {וְאֶשְׁחָקֵם | və-’eš-ḥā-qēm} ‘I crushed them’, establishing a strong opening action.
Root and etymology
’-š
“fire”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:43
And I crushed them like the dust of the earth; like the mud of the streets I pounded them, trampled them, and spread them out.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:43:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 22:43, so the Hebrew word וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖ם (veeshkhakem) 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.22.43.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.43.W1.S1) and character.