2 Samuel 13:29:32 Sam.13.29.W3TAB
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙
avshalom
“Absalom”
- Transliteration
- av-sha-LOM
- Extended
- ahv-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʔav.ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Absalom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
av-sha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
na-a-RE av-sha-LOM
- clause
va-ya-a-SU na-a-RE av-sha-LOM le-am-NON ka-a-SHER tsi-VA av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU na-a-RE av-sha-LOM le-am-NON ka-a-SHER tsi-VA av-sha-LOM va-ya-KU-mu kol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh va-yir-ke-VU ISH al-pir-DO va-ya-NU-su
Exegesis
The construct phrase naʿărē ’Avšālōm {נַעֲרֵי אַבְשָׁלוֹם | naʿărē ’Avšālōm} ‘young men of Absalom’ specifies the agents.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:29
And the young men of Absalom did to Amnon just as Absalom had commanded, and all the king’s sons arose, and each mounted his mule, and they fled .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 13:29, so the Hebrew word אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ (avshalom) 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.13.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.29.W3.S1) and character.