2 Samuel 13:30:102 Sam.13.30.W10TAB
אֶת־כָּל־בְּנֵ֣י
etkolbene
“all the sons of”
- Transliteration
- et-kol-be-NE
- Extended
- eht-kohl-beh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.kɔl.bəˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the sons of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
et-kol-be-NE
- phraseyour reading level
et-kol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh
- clause
hi-KA av-sha-LOM et-kol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh ve-LO-no-TAR me-HEM e-KHAD
- sentence
va-ye-HI HE-ma ba-DE-rekh ve-hash-she-mu-A ba-A el-da-VID le-MOR hi-KA av-sha-LOM et-kol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh ve-LO-no-TAR me-HEM e-KHAD
Exegesis
The hiphil perfect hiqqah {הִכָּה | hiqqāh} ‘has struck down’ attributes the causative action to avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | ʾavšālōm}, with et marking the definite object kol bene hamelech {כָּל־בְּנֵ֣י הַמֶּלֶךְ | kol bənê hameleḵ} ‘all the king’s sons.’
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–bet
“heart, emotional center”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:30
And it happened, as they were on the way, that the report came to David, saying, “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons, and not one of them remains.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:30:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 13:30, so the Hebrew word אֶת־כָּל־בְּנֵ֣י (etkolbene) 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.13.30.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.30.W10.S1) and character.