Psalm 18:36:1Ps.18.36.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:37
תַּרְחִ֣יב
tarkhiv
“you make wide”
- Transliteration
- tar-KHIV
- Extended
- tar-KHEEV
- IPA
- /tarˈħiːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- you make wide
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tar-KHIV
- clause
tar-KHIV tsa-a-dee takh-TE-na-dee
- sentence
tar-KHIV tsa-a-dee takh-TE-na-dee ve-LO ma-a-DU kar-su-LAI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the causative verb tarchiv {תַּרְחִיב | tar-ḥîḇ} ‘you make wide’ in the Hiphil imperfect indicating divine agency, followed by the object tsaadi {צַעֲדִי | tsa-ʿă-ḏî} ‘my steps’ marked by a first person suffix.
Root and etymology
consonantsresh–chet–beth
“to make wide, enlarge”
In context — Psalm 18:36
You make my steps wide beneath me, and my ankles did not slip.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:36:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:36, so the Hebrew word תַּרְחִ֣יב (tarkhiv) 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.18.36.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.36.W1.S1) and character.