2 Samuel 13:28:142 Sam.13.28.W14TAB
וַהֲמִתֶּ֥ם
vahamitem
“then you shall kill”
- Transliteration
- va-ha-mi-TEM
- Extended
- vah-hah-mih-TEHM
- IPA
- /vahămitˈtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- then you shall kill
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ha-mi-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ha-mi-TEM o-TO
- clause
va-ye-TSAV av-sha-LOM et-ne-a-RAV le-MOR re-U NA ke-TOV lev-am-NON ba-ya-YIN ve-a-mar-TI a-le-KHEM ha-KU et-am-NON va-ha-mi-TEM o-TO al-ti-re-U
- sentence
va-ye-TSAV av-sha-LOM et-ne-a-RAV le-MOR re-U NA ke-TOV lev-am-NON ba-ya-YIN ve-a-mar-TI a-le-KHEM ha-KU et-am-NON va-ha-mi-TEM o-TO al-ti-re-U ha-lo KI a-no-KHI tsi-vi-TI et-khem khiz-KU vi-hyu liv-ne-KHA-yil
Exegesis
The coordinated Hifil imperatives haku {הַכּ֧וּ | ha-kû} and the perfect va-hamittem {וַהֲמִתֶּ֥ם | wa-hă-mit-tem} sequence the orders to strike and kill.
Root and etymology
m-w-t
“to die, be dead”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:28
And Absalom commanded his young men, saying, “Observe now when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; is it not I who have commanded you? Be strong and be valiant men .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:28:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 13:28, so the Hebrew word וַהֲמִתֶּ֥ם (vahamitem) 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.13.28.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.28.W14.S1) and character.