2 Samuel 22:9:72 Sam.22.9.W7TAB
גֶּחָלִ֖ים
gekhalim
“coals”
- Transliteration
- ge-kha-LIM
- Extended
- geh-khaa-LEEM
- IPA
- /gɛħaːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- coals
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ge-kha-LIM
- clause
ge-kha-LIM ba-A-RU mi-ME-nu
- sentence
A-LA a-SHAN be-AP-po ve-ESH mi-PI-v to-KHEL ge-kha-LIM ba-A-RU mi-ME-nu
Exegesis
In the third clause gechalim {גֶּחָלִים | ge-ḥā-lîm} ‘coals’ team with baaru {בָּעֲרוּ | bə-ʾă-rû} ‘blazed’ and mimennu {מִמֶּנּוּ | mi-mmen-nû} ‘from Him.’ The progression of upward movement, consuming action, and ignited coals intensifies the theophanic depiction of divine judgment as the translation renders the Hebrew sequence into clear English narrative.
Root and etymology
g-ḥ-l
“glowing coal”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:9
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and fire devoured from His mouth; coals blazed out from Him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 22:9, so the Hebrew word גֶּחָלִ֖ים (gekhalim) 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.22.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.9.W7.S1) and character.