2 Kings 19:3:142 Kgs.19.3.W14TAB
עַד־מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר
admashber
“to the point of birthstool or breaking forth”
- Transliteration
- ad-mash-BER
- Extended
- ahd-mahsh-BEHR
- IPA
- /ʕad.maʃˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the point of birthstool or breaking forth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-mash-BER
- clause
KI va-U va-NIM ad-mash-BER ve-KHO-akh A-yin le-LE-da
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU e-LA-yv KO a-MAR khiz-ki-YA-hu yom-tsa-RA ve-to-khe-KHA u-ne-a-TSA ha-YOM ha-ZE KI va-U va-NIM ad-mash-BER ve-KHO-akh A-yin le-LE-da
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ introduces the ground for this assessment: bau banim ad-mashber {בָאוּ בָנִים עַד־מַשְׁבֵּר | bāʾû bānîm ʿad-mašbēr} portrays impending birth as a metaphor for reaching a decisive threshold.
Root and etymology
consonantsshin–bet–resh
“to break”
In context — 2 Kings 19:3
And they said to him, “Thus said Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke , and contempt; for children have come up to the birthstool , but there is no strength to give birth.’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 19:3, so the Hebrew word עַד־מַשְׁבֵּ֔ר (admashber) 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 2 Kgs.19.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.3.W14.S1) and character.