2 Samuel 13:14:22 Sam.13.14.W2TAB
אָבָ֖ה
ava
“he was willing”
- Transliteration
- a-VA
- Extended
- aa-VAA
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was willing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO a-VA
- clause
ve-LO a-VA li-she-MO-a be-ko-LA
- sentence
ve-LO a-VA li-she-MO-a be-ko-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK mi-me-NA va-ye-a-NE va-yish-KAV o-TA
Exegesis
The verse begins with ve-lo {וְלֹא | və-lō} ‘and not’, a vav conjunction joined to a negative particle expressing deliberate refusal, linking to avah {אָבָה | ʾā-ḇāh} ‘he was willing’.
Root and etymology
א־ב־ה
“to consent, be willing”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:14
But he was not willing to listen to her voice, and he overpowered her and afflicted her and lay with her .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 13:14, so the Hebrew word אָבָ֖ה (ava) 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.13.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.14.W2.S1) and character.