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

Result
כְּ + טִיט + חוּ + צ֥וֹת
ke + tit + khu + tsot
ketitkhutsot

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tett — emphatic
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tett — emphatic
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Tsadets as in cats
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ke-TIT-khu-TSOT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ke-TIT-khu-TSOT a-dik-KEM

  3. clause

    ke-TIT-khu-TSOT a-dik-KEM e-re-ka-EM

  4. 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 context2 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.