Psalm 18:20:3Ps.18.20.W3TABWLC Psalms 18:21
כְּצִדְקִ֑י
ketsidki
“according to my righteousness”
- Transliteration
- ke-tsid-KI
- Extended
- keh-tsid-KEE
- IPA
- /kətsidˈqiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to my righteousness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-tsid-KI
- clause
yig-me-LE-ni ye-ho-VAH ke-tsid-KI
- sentence
yig-me-LE-ni ye-ho-VAH ke-tsid-KI ke-VOR ya-DAI ya-SHIV LI
Exegesis
Two synonymous prepositional phrases, ketsidqi {כְּצִדְקִי | kə-tsiḏ-qî} ‘according to my righteousness’ and kebor {כְּבֹר | kə-ḇōr} yadai {יָדַי | yā-ḏay} ‘according to the cleanness of my hands’, specify the basis for recompense through parallelism.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–dalet–qof
“to be right, just”
In context — Psalm 18:20
The LORD rewards me according to my righteousness ; according to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 18:20, so the Hebrew word כְּצִדְקִ֑י (ketsidki) 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.18.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.20.W3.S1) and character.