2 Samuel 13:30:62 Sam.13.30.W6TAB
אֶל־דָּוִ֖ד
eldavid
“to David”
- Transliteration
- el-da-VID
- Extended
- ehl-daa-VEED
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.daːˈviːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- to David
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-da-VID
- clause
va-ye-HI HE-ma ba-DE-rekh ve-hash-she-mu-A ba-A el-da-VID le-MOR
- 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 prepositional phrase el david {אֶל־דָּוִד | ʾel dāwîḏ} ‘to David’ marks the recipient.
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 13:30:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 13:30, so the Hebrew word אֶל־דָּוִ֖ד (eldavid) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.30.W6.S1) and character.