2 Samuel 13:17:52 Sam.13.17.W5TAB
שִׁלְחוּ־נָ֥א
shilkhuna
“send out, please”
- Transliteration
- shil-khu-NA
- Extended
- shihl-khoo-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃilˈħuː.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- send out, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shil-khu-NA
- phraseyour reading level
shil-khu-NA et-ZOT
- clause
va-yik-RA et-na-a-RO me-sha-re-TO va-yo-MER shil-khu-NA et-ZOT me-a-LAI ha-KHU-tsa
- sentence
va-yik-RA et-na-a-RO me-sha-re-TO va-yo-MER shil-khu-NA et-ZOT me-a-LAI ha-KHU-tsa u-ne-OL ha-DE-let a-kha-re-HA
Exegesis
The polite imperative šilḥûnāʼ {שִׁלְחוּ־נָ֥א | šil-ḥū-nāʼ} conveys urgency with courtesy.
Root and etymology
š-l-ḥshin–lamed–chet
“to send, drive out”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:17
Then he called his young servant and said, “Please send this woman away from me outside and bolt the door after her.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 13:17, so the Hebrew word שִׁלְחוּ־נָ֥א (shilkhuna) 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.13.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.17.W5.S1) and character.