Original Language Studio
2 Samuel 14:6
“And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שִׁפְחָהshiphchâh · shif-khaw'
H8198 · Hebrew
H8198 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a female slave (as a member of the household)
- Derivation
- feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940 (מִשְׁפָּחָה));
- KJV renderings
- (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- לְ — preposition
- שִׁפְחָֽתְ — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- ךָ֙ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 63 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 12:16Genesis 16:1Genesis 16:2Genesis 16:3Genesis 16:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שִׁפְחָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.