2 Samuel 23:4:12 Sam.23.4.W1TAB
וּכְא֥וֹר
ukheor
“and like light of”
- Transliteration
- u-khe-OR
- Extended
- oo-kheh-OHR
- IPA
- /uxəˈʔoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and like light of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-khe-OR
- phraseyour reading level
u-khe-OR BO-ker
- clause
u-khe-OR BO-ker yiz-RAKH-sha-mesh
- sentence
u-khe-OR BO-ker yiz-RAKH-sha-mesh BO-ker LO a-VOT min-NO-ga mim-ma-TAR DE-she me-E-rets
Exegesis
The verse opens with the simile u-khe’or {וּכְא֥וֹר | ʾûḵə’ôr} ‘and like light’, establishing a poetic comparison.
Root and etymology
aleph-vav-resha-v-r
“light, illumination”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:4
And he shall be like the light of morning when the sun shines on a cloudless dawn; from the brightness after rain comes grass from the earth.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 23:4, so the Hebrew word וּכְא֥וֹר (ukheor) 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.23.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.4.W1.S1) and character.