2 Samuel 23:11:92 Sam.23.11.W9TAB
חֶלְקַ֤ת
khelkat
“a portion of”
- Transliteration
- khel-KAT
- Extended
- khehl-KAHT
- IPA
- /ħɛlˈqat/
Meaning by language
- English
- a portion of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khel-KAT
- phraseyour reading level
khel-KAT ha-sa-DE
- clause
va-ye-as-FU pe-lish-TIM la-kha-YA va-te-HI-SHAM khel-KAT ha-sa-DE me-le-A a-da-SHIM ve-ha-AM NAS mi-pe-NE pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
ve-a-kha-ra-V sha-MA ven-o-GE ha-ra-RI va-ye-as-FU pe-lish-TIM la-kha-YA va-te-HI-SHAM khel-KAT ha-sa-DE me-le-A a-da-SHIM ve-ha-AM NAS mi-pe-NE pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect va-tehi-sham {וַתְּהִי־שָׁם | wat-tehî-šām} ‘and there was’ sets the scene for the noun phrase chelqat ha-sadeh mele’ah adashim {חֶלְקַת הַשָּׂדֶה מְלֵאָה עֲדָשִׁים | ḥelqat ha-sā-ḏeh me-lêʾāh ʿăḏāšîm} ‘a plot of field full of lentils,’ where the construct chelqat ha-sadeh links ‘plot’ to ‘field,’ and mele’ah adashim qualifies the abundance.
Root and etymology
chet–lamed–qofchet–lamed–qof
“to divide, apportion”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:11
And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines assembled at Lehi on a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people fled from before the Philistines .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 23:11, so the Hebrew word חֶלְקַ֤ת (khelkat) 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.23.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.11.W9.S1) and character.