2 Samuel 13:34:52 Sam.13.34.W5TAB
הַצֹּפֶה֙
hatsofe
“the watcher”
- Transliteration
- ha-tso-FE
- Extended
- hah-tsoh-FEH
- IPA
- /hat͡soːˈfɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the watcher
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-tso-FE
- phraseyour reading level
ha-NA-ar ha-tso-FE
- clause
va-yis-SA ha-NA-ar ha-tso-FE et-e-NA-v e-NA-v va-yar-E ve-hin-NE am-RAV hol-KHIM mid-DE-rekh a-kha-RAV mits-TSAD ha-HAR
- sentence
va-yiv-RAKH av-sha-LOM va-yis-SA ha-NA-ar ha-tso-FE et-e-NA-v e-NA-v va-yar-E ve-hin-NE am-RAV hol-KHIM mid-DE-rekh a-kha-RAV mits-TSAD ha-HAR
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive verb va-yissa {וַיִּשָּׂ֞א | wayyis’sa} ‘and he lifted’ with the participle ha-ṣō-pheh {הַצֹּפֶה֙ | ha-ṣō-pheh} ‘watchman’ frames the sentinel’s role.
Root and etymology
ṣ-p-h
“to watch, observe”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:34
And Absalom fled. The young watchman lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, many people were coming by the road behind him, along the side of the hill .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 13:34, so the Hebrew word הַצֹּפֶה֙ (hatsofe) 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.13.34.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.34.W5.S1) and character.