2 Samuel 13:23:62 Sam.13.23.W6TAB
לְאַבְשָׁל֔וֹם
leavshalom
“for Absalom”
- Transliteration
- le-av-sha-LOM
- Extended
- leh-av-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /ləʔav.ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Absalom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-av-sha-LOM
- clause
va-ye-HI li-she-NA-ta-yim ya-MIM va-yih-YU go-ze-ZIM le-av-sha-LOM be-VA-al kha-TSOR a-SHER im-e-fra-YIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI li-she-NA-ta-yim ya-MIM va-yih-YU go-ze-ZIM le-av-sha-LOM be-VA-al kha-TSOR a-SHER im-e-fra-YIM va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM le-khol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The phrases ləʾavšālōm {לְאַבְשָׁל֔וֹם | ləʾavšālōm} ‘for Absalom’ and bəbaʿal ḥāṣōr {בְּבַ֥עַל חָצ֖וֹר | bəbaʿal ḥāṣōr} ‘at Baal Hazor’ set agent and location.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:23
And it came to pass after two full years that there were shearers for Absalom at Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 13:23, so the Hebrew word לְאַבְשָׁל֔וֹם (leavshalom) 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.13.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.23.W6.S1) and character.