2 Samuel 13:38:42 Sam.13.38.W4TAB
גְּשׁ֑וּר
geshur
“to Geshur”
- Transliteration
- ge-SHUR
- Extended
- geh-SHUUR
- IPA
- /ɡəˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Geshur
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ge-SHUR
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH ge-SHUR
- clause
ve-av-sha-LOM ba-RAKH va-ye-LEKH ge-SHUR
- sentence
ve-av-sha-LOM ba-RAKH va-ye-LEKH ge-SHUR va-ye-HI-SHAM sha-LOSH sha-NIM
Exegesis
The following vav-consecutive in va-yelekh {וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ | way-yē-lekh} ‘and he went’ directs motion toward the place name Geshur {גְּשׁ֑וּר | ḡə-šūr}.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:38
And Absalom fled and went to Geshur and he remained there for three years .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:38:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 13:38, so the Hebrew word גְּשׁ֑וּר (geshur) 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.13.38.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.38.W4.S1) and character.