Judges 15:3:4Judg.15.3.W4TAB
נִקֵּ֥יתִי
nikeiti
“I am innocent”
- Transliteration
- ni-KEI-ti
- Extended
- nih-KEE-ti
- IPA
- /niqˈqeː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I am innocent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ni-KEI-ti
- phraseyour reading level
ni-KEI-ti ha-PA-am
- clause
va-yo-MER la-HEM shim-sHON ni-KEI-ti ha-PA-am mi-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER la-HEM shim-sHON ni-KEI-ti ha-PA-am mi-pe-lish-TIM ki-O-se a-NI im-MAM ra-A
Exegesis
The Piel perfect niqqē-tî {נִקֵּ֥יתִי | niqqē-tî} conveys a resultant state of innocence, while the temporal adverbial hə-paʿ-am {הַפַּ֖עַם | hə-paʿ-am} identifies this specific occasion.
Root and etymology
נ־ק־ה
“to be innocent or clean”
In context — Judges 15:3
And Samson said to them, “This time I am blameless toward the Philistines, even if I inflict harm upon them.”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 15:3, so the Hebrew word נִקֵּ֥יתִי (nikeiti) 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 Judg.15.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.3.W4.S1) and character.