Genesis 20:13:11Gen.20.13.W11TAB
חַסְדֵּ֔ךְ
khasdekh
“your kindness”
- Transliteration
- khas-DEKH
- Extended
- khahs-DEHKH
- IPA
- /ħas.ˈdeːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- your kindness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khas-DEKH
- phraseyour reading level
ZE khas-DEKH
- clause
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hit-U o-TI e-lo-HIM mi-BET a-VI va-o-MAR LAH ZE khas-DEKH a-SHER ta-a-SI im-ma-DI
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hit-U o-TI e-lo-HIM mi-BET a-VI va-o-MAR LAH ZE khas-DEKH a-SHER ta-a-SI im-ma-DI EL kol-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER na-VO SHA-ma im-ri-LI a-KHI HU
Exegesis
Inside the quotation, the demonstrative zeh ḥasdêkh {זֶ֣ה חַסְדֵּ֔ךְ | zeh ḥas-dêkh} ‘this is your kindness’ defines the favor requested, with the relative clause ʾăšer taʿăśî ʿimmādî {אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשִׂ֖י עִמָּדִ֑י | ʾă-šer ta-ʿă-śî ʿim-mā-dî} expressing an ongoing obligation.
Root and etymology
ḥ-s-dchet–samekh–dalet
“kindness, loyal love”
In context — Genesis 20:13
And it happened that when God caused me to wander from my father’s house , I said to her, “This is your kindness which you shall do for me: in every place we reach, say of me, ‘He is my brother.’”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 20:13, so the Hebrew word חַסְדֵּ֔ךְ (khasdekh) 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 Gen.20.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.13.W11.S1) and character.