Psalm 18:8:6Ps.18.8.W6TABWLC Psalms 18:9
גֶּחָלִים
gekhalim
“coals”
- Transliteration
- ge-KHA-lim
- Extended
- GEH-KHAA-lim
- IPA
- /ɡɛxɔˈlim/
Meaning by language
- English
- coals
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ge-KHA-lim
- sentence
a-LE-ta a-SHAN be-a-PO ve-ESH-MI-PIV to-a-KHEL ge-KHA-lim ba-a-RU mi-ME-nu
Exegesis
The focus shifts to solid fuel, gechalim {גֶּחָלִים | ge-ḥā-lîm} ‘coals’, with ba'aru {בָּעֲרוּ | bā-ʿă-rū} ‘they burned’, and mimennu {מִמֶּנּוּ | mi-mén-nū} ‘from him’ marking God as the source. This tight Hebrew poetic structure, marked by coordination and temporal progression, is rendered in English by preserving clause order and using a semicolon to mirror the original’s dramatic buildup.
Root and etymology
consonantsGimel–Chet–Lamed
“to glow (as coals)”
In context — Psalm 18:8
Smoke went up from His nostrils, and fire from His mouth devours ; coals burned from Him.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Psalm 18:8, so the Hebrew word גֶּחָלִים (gekhalim) 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.18.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.8.W6.S1) and character.