2 Samuel 13:20:32 Sam.13.20.W3TAB
אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם
avshalom
“Absalom”
- Transliteration
- av-sha-LOM
- Extended
- ahv-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʔav.ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Absalom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
av-sha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
av-sha-LOM a-KHI-ha
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha av-sha-LOM a-KHI-ha ha-a-mi-NON a-KHIKH ha-YA im-MAKH ve-a-TA a-KHO-ti ha-kha-ri-SHI a-KHIKH HU al-ta-SHI-ti et-li-BEKH lad-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LE-ha av-sha-LOM a-KHI-ha ha-a-mi-NON a-KHIKH ha-YA im-MAKH ve-a-TA a-KHO-ti ha-kha-ri-SHI a-KHIKH HU al-ta-SHI-ti et-li-BEKH lad-da-VAR ha-ZE va-TE-shev ta-MAR ve-sho-me-MA BET av-sha-LOM a-KHI-ha
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wă-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, followed by eleha {אֵלֶיהָ | ʾê-lê-hā} ‘to her’ and the title sequence Avshalom achiha {אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם אָחִיהָ | ʾă-ḇšā-lōm ʾā-ḥî-hā} ‘Absalom, her brother’, employing a subject-initial construction for clarity.
The narrative concludes with vateshev {וַתֵּשֶׁב | wa-tê-šeb} ‘and-she-sat’ paired with the participle veshomeimah {וְשֹׁמֵמָה | wə-šō-mê-mā} ‘and-was-desolate’, highlighting Tamar’s ongoing devastation within beit Avshalom achiha {בֵּית אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם אָחִיהָ | bê-yt ʾă-ḇšā-lōm ʾā-ḥî-hā} ‘the-house-of-Absalom-her-brother’.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:20
And Absalom, her brother, said to her, “Is it Amnon, your brother, who was with you? Now, my sister, be silent; he is your brother. Do not set your heart on this matter .” So Tamar dwelled in the house of Absalom, her brother.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 13:20, so the Hebrew word אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם (avshalom) 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.13.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.20.W3.S1) and character.