2 Samuel 13:26:42 Sam.13.26.W4TAB
יֵֽלֶךְ־נָ֥א
yelekhna
“let him go, please”
- Transliteration
- YE-lekh-NA
- Extended
- YEE-lehkh-NAA
- IPA
- /ˈjeː.lɛx.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- let him go, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
YE-lekh-NA
- phraseyour reading level
YE-lekh-NA i-TA-nu
- clause
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM va-LO YE-lekh-NA i-TA-nu am-NON a-KHI
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM va-LO YE-lekh-NA i-TA-nu am-NON a-KHI va-YO-mer LO ha-ME-lekh la-MA ye-LEKH i-MA-kh
Exegesis
The conjunction valo {וָלֹ֕א | wālōʾ} ‘and not’ introduces a corrective alternative, leading into the entreaty yelekh-na {יֵֽלֶךְ־נָ֥א | yēleḵ-nāʾ} ‘let him please go’.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:26
And Absalom said, “If not, please let Amnon my brother go with us.” And the king said to him, “Why should he go with you?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 13:26, so the Hebrew word יֵֽלֶךְ־נָ֥א (yelekhna) 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.13.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.26.W4.S1) and character.