2 Samuel 13:15:112 Sam.13.15.W11TAB

מֵאַהֲבָ֖ה

meahava

from love

Transliteration
me-a-ha-VA
Extended
mee-ah-hah-VAA
IPA
/meːʔa.hăˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
from love

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מֵ + אַ + הֲ + בָ֖ה
me + a + ha + va
meahava

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-a-ha-VA

  2. 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

  3. 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

Two relative clauses with ha-sinʾāh {הַשִּׂנְאָה | ha-sinʾāh} + ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ăšer} and mēha’ăbāh {מֵאַהֲבָה | mēhaʼăbāh} + ăšer construct the comparative “more than” relation.

Root and etymology

aleph-heh-betʾ-h-b

to love, desire

In context2 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 13:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 13:15, so the Hebrew word מֵאַהֲבָ֖ה (meahava) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.15.W11.S1) and character.