2 Samuel 13:28:82 Sam.13.28.W8TAB
לֵב־אַמְנ֤וֹן
levamnon
“the heart of Amnon”
- Transliteration
- lev-am-NON
- Extended
- leev-ahm-NOHN
- IPA
- /leːv.ʔamˈnoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heart of Amnon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lev-am-NON
- phraseyour reading level
ke-TOV lev-am-NON ba-ya-YIN
- 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 prepositional-adjective ketov {כְּט֨וֹב | kə-ṯôḇ} joined with lev-amnon {לֵב־אַמְנ֤וֹן | lēḇ-ʾam-nōn} and bayayin {בַּיַּ֙יִן֙ | bə-yā-yîn} forms a temporal clause “when Amnon’s heart is glad with wine.”
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–bet–bet
“heart, inner person”
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 13:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 13:28, so the Hebrew word לֵב־אַמְנ֤וֹן (levamnon) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.28.W8.S1) and character.