Psalm 23:4:9Ps.23.4.W9TAB
שִׁבְטְךָ֥
shivtekha
“your rod”
- Transliteration
- shiv-te-KHA
- Extended
- shiv-teh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʃiv.təˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your rod
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
shiv-te-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
shiv-te-KHA u-mish-a-NE-te-KHA
- clause
shiv-te-KHA u-mish-a-NE-te-KHA HE-ma ye-na-kha-MU-ni
- sentence
GAM KI-e-LEKH be-GE tsal-ma-VET LO-i-RA RA KI-a-TA i-MA-di shiv-te-KHA u-mish-a-NE-te-KHA HE-ma ye-na-kha-MU-ni
Exegesis
The coordinated sheivtecha umishantecha {שִׁבְטְךָ וּמִשְׁעַנְתֶּךָ | šib-ṭə-ḵā umish-ʿan-tə-ḵā} “Your rod and Your staff” serve as the subjects of the Piel imperfect yenachamuni {יְנַחֲמֻנִי | yə-na-ḥa-mu-nî} “they comfort me,” reinforcing the shepherd metaphor through parallel instrumentality. English word order shifts the Hebrew verb–subject sequence into a natural subject–verb pattern while preserving parallelism and intensifying the imagery of divine guidance.
Root and etymology
š-b-ṭ
“rod”
In context — Psalm 23:4
Even when I walk through a valley of deathly shadow, I will not dread evil, because You are with me; Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 23:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Psalm 23:4, so the Hebrew word שִׁבְטְךָ֥ (shivtekha) 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.23.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.23.4.W9.S1) and character.