Genesis 21:23:10Gen.21.23.W10TAB
כַּחֶ֜סֶד
kakhesed
“according to the kindness”
- Transliteration
- ka-KHE-sed
- Extended
- kah-KHEH-sehd
- IPA
- /kaˈħɛ.sɛð/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to the kindness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-KHE-sed
- clause
ka-KHE-sed a-sher-a-SI-ti im-me-KHA ta-a-SE im-ma-DI ve-im-ha-A-rets a-sher-GAR-ta BAH
- sentence
ve-at-TA hi-SHA-ve-a LI ve-e-lo-HIM HEN-na im-tish-KOR LI u-le-ni-NI u-le-nekh-DI ka-KHE-sed a-sher-a-SI-ti im-me-KHA ta-a-SE im-ma-DI ve-im-ha-A-rets a-sher-GAR-ta BAH
Exegesis
The comparative standard kaḥesed {כַּחֶסֶד | ka-ḥe-seḏ} ‘according to the kindness’ is followed by the relative clause ʾăšer ʿāśîtî {אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי | ʾă-šer-ʿā-śî-tî} ‘which I have done’ with ʿimməḵā {עִמְּךָ | ʿim-mə-ḵā} ‘with you’.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–samekh–dalet
“kindness, loyalty”
In context — Genesis 21:23
And now, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants , or with my descendants after them; but according to the kindness that I have shown you, you shall do with me and with the land in which you have sojourned.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:23:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 21:23, so the Hebrew word כַּחֶ֜סֶד (kakhesed) 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.21.23.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.23.W10.S1) and character.