2 Samuel 13:1:32 Sam.13.1.W3TAB
וּלְאַבְשָׁל֧וֹם
uleavshalom
“and to Absalom”
- Transliteration
- u-le-av-sha-LOM
- Extended
- oo-leh-ahv-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /u.lə.ʔav.ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to Absalom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-le-av-sha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
u-le-av-sha-LOM ben-da-VID
- clause
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN u-le-av-sha-LOM ben-da-VID a-KHOT ya-FA u-she-MA ta-MAR
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN u-le-av-sha-LOM ben-da-VID a-KHOT ya-FA u-she-MA ta-MAR va-ye-e-HA-ve-HA am-ne-NON ben-da-VID
Exegesis
The phrase ûle’avšālôm {וּלְאַבְשָׁלוֹם | ûleʾaḇšālôm} ‘and to Absalom’ with the construct ben-dāwîd {בֶּן־דָּוִד | ben-dāwîd} ‘son of David’ highlights royal lineage.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:1
And it came to pass after this that Absalom , the son of David, had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon, the son of David, loved her.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 13:1, so the Hebrew word וּלְאַבְשָׁל֧וֹם (uleavshalom) 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 Sam.13.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.1.W3.S1) and character.