Numbers 22:17:2Num.22.17.W2TAB
אֲכַבֶּדְךָ֙
akabedkha
“I will honor you”
- Transliteration
- a-ka-bed-KHA
- Extended
- a-kah-BEHD-kha
- IPA
- /ʔaxaˈbbedxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will honor you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ka-bed-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ki-ka-BED a-ka-bed-KHA
- clause
ki-ka-BED a-ka-bed-KHA me-OD ve-KOL a-sher-to-MAR e-LAI e-e-SEH
- sentence
ki-ka-BED a-ka-bed-KHA me-OD ve-KOL a-sher-to-MAR e-LAI e-e-SEH u-le-KHA-NA ka-VA-li ET ha-AM ha-ZEH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the emphatic infinitive absolute plus finite verb kabbed akabedkha {כַבֵּד אֲכַבֶּדְךָ | ka·bēd ʾa·kab·ed·khā} ‘emphatic assurance,’ which intensifies the promise of honor.
Root and etymology
k-b-dkaf-bet-dalet
“to be heavy; honor”
In context — Numbers 22:17
For I will surely honor you greatly , and I will do everything that you say to me. And now, please go and curse for me this people.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 22:17, so the Hebrew word אֲכַבֶּדְךָ֙ (akabedkha) 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 Num.22.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.17.W2.S1) and character.