2 Samuel 13:5:112 Sam.13.5.W11TAB
אֵלָ֡יו
elav
“to him”
- Transliteration
- e-LAV
- Extended
- ee-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-mar-TA e-LAV
- clause
u-VA a-VI-kha lir-o-TE-kha ve-a-mar-TA e-LAV ta-VO NA ta-MAR a-kho-TI ve-tav-re-NI LE-khem ve-a-se-TA le-e-NAI et-ha-bir-YA le-MA-an a-SHER er-E ve-a-khal-TI mi-ya-DA
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO ye-ho-na-DAV she-KHAV al-mish-KA-ve-kha ve-hit-KHAL u-VA a-VI-kha lir-o-TE-kha ve-a-mar-TA e-LAV ta-VO NA ta-MAR a-kho-TI ve-tav-re-NI LE-khem ve-a-se-TA le-e-NAI et-ha-bir-YA le-MA-an a-SHER er-E ve-a-khal-TI mi-ya-DA
In context — 2 Samuel 13:5
And Jehonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and make yourself appear sick. When your father comes to see you, you will say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread and let her prepare the meal before my eyes so that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 13:5, so the Hebrew word אֵלָ֡יו (elav) 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.13.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.5.W11.S1) and character.