2 Samuel 13:5:202 Sam.13.5.W20TAB
אֶת־הַבִּרְיָ֔ה
ethabirya
“the food”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-bir-YA
- Extended
- eht-hah-bihr-YAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.habːirˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the food
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-bir-YA
- 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
Exegesis
The purpose clause lema’an asher er’eh {לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר אֶרְאֶה | lᵉmaʿan ăšer ʾerʾeh} explains the motivation, while the direct object marker et in et-habiryah {אֶת־הַבִּרְיָ֔ה | ʾet-habbiryyâ} emphasizes definiteness.
Root and etymology
Rootb-r-h
“food, provision”
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 13:5:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Samuel 13:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַבִּרְיָ֔ה (ethabirya) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.5.W20.S1) and character.