2 Samuel 23:6:22 Sam.23.6.W2TAB
כְּק֥וֹץ
kekots
“like a thorn”
- Transliteration
- ke-KOTS
- Extended
- keh-KOHTS
- IPA
- /kəˈqoːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a thorn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-KOTS
- phraseyour reading level
ke-KOTS mu-NAD
- clause
u-ve-li-YA-al ke-KOTS mu-NAD kul-LA-ham
- sentence
u-ve-li-YA-al ke-KOTS mu-NAD kul-LA-ham KI-LO ve-YAD yik-KA-khu
Exegesis
The comparison ke-kots {כְּק֥וֹץ | kə-qôṣ} ‘like a thorn’ uses the preposition kaf to introduce a simile of danger and rejection.
Root and etymology
q-w-ṣq w ṣ
“thorn”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:6
But worthless men are all like banished thorns, for they cannot be taken by hand .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 23:6, so the Hebrew word כְּק֥וֹץ (kekots) 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.23.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.6.W2.S1) and character.