2 Samuel 22:46:22 Sam.22.46.W2TAB
נֵכָ֖ר
nekhar
“a foreigner”
- Transliteration
- ne-KHAR
- Extended
- neh-KHAAR
- IPA
- /neːˈχaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a foreigner
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ne-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
be-NE ne-KHAR
- clause
be-NE ne-KHAR yib-BO-lu
- sentence
be-NE ne-KHAR yib-BO-lu ve-yakh-ge-RU mim-mis-ge-ro-TAM
Exegesis
The construct phrase benei nekar {בְּנֵי נֵכָר | bə-nê nē-ḵar} functions as the subject, identifying the foreign group.
Root and etymology
נ־כ־ר
“to recognize as foreign”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:46
Sons of foreigners will lose heart, and they will come trembling out of their strongholds .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:46:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 22:46, so the Hebrew word נֵכָ֖ר (nekhar) 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.22.46.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.46.W2.S1) and character.