2 Samuel 13:22:42 Sam.13.22.W4TAB
לְמֵרָ֣ע
lemera
“for bad”
- Transliteration
- le-me-RA
- Extended
- leh-mee-RAA
- IPA
- /ləmeːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for bad
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-me-RA
- phraseyour reading level
le-me-RA ve-ad-TOV
- clause
ve-LO-di-BER av-sha-LOM im-AM-non le-me-RA ve-ad-TOV
- sentence
ve-LO-di-BER av-sha-LOM im-AM-non le-me-RA ve-ad-TOV ki-sa-NE av-sha-LOM et-AM-non al-de-VAR a-SHER i-NA ET ta-MAR a-KHO-to
Exegesis
The coordinated phrases lemera {לְמֵרָע | lə-mê-rāʿ} ‘for evil’ and v’ad tov {וְעַד־טוֹב | wə-ʿad-ṭôv} ‘and even for good’ form an idiom meaning ‘not at all,’ emphasizing total silence.
Root and etymology
ר־ע־ע
“companion”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:22
And Absalom did not speak with Amnon either for evil or for good, because Absalom hated Amnon on account of the matter that he had afflicted Tamar his sister.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 13:22, so the Hebrew word לְמֵרָ֣ע (lemera) 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.13.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.22.W4.S1) and character.