2 Samuel 13:15:102 Sam.13.15.W10TAB
שְׂנֵאָ֔הּ
seneah
“he hated her”
- Transliteration
- se-ne-AH
- Extended
- seh-neh-AAH
- IPA
- /səneˈʔaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- he hated her
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
se-ne-AH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER se-ne-AH
- clause
va-yis-ne-E-ha am-ne-NON sin-A ge-do-LA me-OD KI ge-do-LA ha-sin-A a-SHER se-ne-AH me-a-ha-VA a-SHER a-he-VA
- sentence
va-yis-ne-E-ha am-ne-NON sin-A ge-do-LA me-OD KI ge-do-LA ha-sin-A a-SHER se-ne-AH me-a-ha-VA a-SHER a-he-VA va-yo-MER-la am-NON KU-mi le-KHI
Exegesis
The juxtaposition of sin’ah {שִׂנְאָה | sinʾāh} ‘hatred’ with ahavah {אַהֲבָה | ʾahəvāh} ‘love’ forms a chiastic parallel that highlights the reversal from affection to animosity.
Root and etymology
shin-nun-alephš-n-ʾ
“to hate, despise”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:15
And Amnon hated her with a very great hatred , for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Get up, go away!”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 13:15, so the Hebrew word שְׂנֵאָ֔הּ (seneah) 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.13.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.15.W10.S1) and character.