Psalm 18:2:9Ps.18.2.W9TABWLC Psalms 18:3
וְקֶ֖רֶן
vekeren
“and the horn”
- Transliteration
- ve-KE-ren
- Extended
- veh-KEH-ren
- IPA
- /vəˈqɛrɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the horn
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KE-ren
- phraseyour reading level
ma-GI-ni ve-KE-ren
- clause
tsu-RI e-he-se-BO ma-GI-ni ve-KE-ren yish-E-i mis-ga-BI
- sentence
ye-ho-VAH sal-E-i u-me-tsu-da-TI u-me-pal-TI e-LI tsu-RI e-he-se-BO ma-GI-ni ve-KE-ren yish-E-i mis-ga-BI
Exegesis
The second clause begins with ʾê-lî {אֵלִי | ʾê-lî} ‘my God’ and continues with the construct chain ṣû-rî ʾe-ḥe-sê-ḇô {צֽוּרִי אֶחֱסֶה־בּוֹ | ṣû-rî ʾe-ḥe-sê-ḇô} ‘rock; I will take refuge in Him’, followed by mā-gi-nî {מָגִנִּי | mā-gi-nî} ‘shield’, wə-qer-en yiš-ʿî {וְקֶרֶן־יִשְׁעִי | wə-qer-en yiš-ʿî} ‘horn of salvation’, and miś-gab-bî {מִשְׂגַּבִּי | miś-gab-bî} ‘stronghold’. The cumulative parallelism emphasizes God’s multifaceted defense. English renders the construct nouns as possessive phrases and sequences them for literary flow while retaining poetic parallelism.
In context — Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock , my fortress, and my deliverer. My God , my rock—in Him I will take refuge—my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Psalm 18:2, so the Hebrew word וְקֶ֖רֶן (vekeren) 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 Ps.18.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.2.W9.S1) and character.