2 Samuel 22:43:32 Sam.22.43.W3TAB
כְּטִיט־חוּצ֥וֹת
ketitkhutsot
“like mud of streets”
- Transliteration
- ke-TIT-khu-TSOT
- Extended
- keh-TEET-khoo-TSOHT
- IPA
- /kəˈtˤiːt.ħuːˈtsoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- like mud of streets
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-TIT-khu-TSOT
- phraseyour reading level
ke-TIT-khu-TSOT a-dik-KEM
- clause
ke-TIT-khu-TSOT a-dik-KEM e-re-ka-EM
- sentence
ve-e-shkha-KEM ka-a-FAR-A-rets ke-TIT-khu-TSOT a-dik-KEM e-re-ka-EM
Exegesis
It then uses two parallel similes, ka’afar-’aretz {כַעֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ | kə-ʿă-phar-ʼā-reṣ} ‘like the dust of the earth’ and keṭit-chutzot {כְטִיט־חוּצוֹת | kə-ṭîṯ-ḥuṣ-ṣōṯ} ‘like the mud of the streets’, which emphasize the insignificance of the foes through meristic imagery.
Root and etymology
tet-yod-tettet–yod–tet
“mud, clay”
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 22:43:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 22:43, so the Hebrew word כְּטִיט־חוּצ֥וֹת (ketitkhutsot) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.43.W3.S1) and character.