Psalm 22:15:3Ps.22.15.W3TABWLC Psalms 22:16

כֹחִ֗י

khokhi

my strength

Transliteration
kho-KHI
Extended
khoh-KHEE

Meaning by language

English
my strength

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
כֹ + חִ֗י
kho + khi
khokhi

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    kho-KHI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ka-KHE-res kho-KHI

  3. clause

    ya-VESH ka-KHE-res kho-KHI u-le-sho-NI mud-BAK mal-ko-KHAI

  4. sentence

    ya-VESH ka-KHE-res kho-KHI u-le-sho-NI mud-BAK mal-ko-KHAI ve-la-a-FAR-MA-vet tish-pe-TE-ni

Exegesis

The noun kochi {כֹּחִי | ko-ḥî} ‘my strength’ personalizes the speaker’s collapse.

Root and etymology

Rootkof–chet–heh

strength

In contextPsalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd , and my tongue is stuck to my jaws; and You set me in the dust of death.

About this coordinate

Psalm 22:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 22:15, so the Hebrew word כֹחִ֗י (khokhi) 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.22.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.22.15.W3.S1) and character.