2 Samuel 14:11:72 Sam.14.11.W7TAB
מֵהַרְבַּ֞ת
meharbat
“from the multiplying of”
- Transliteration
- me-har-BAT
- Extended
- mee-hahr-BAHT
- IPA
- /meːharˈbat/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the multiplying of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-har-BAT
- phraseyour reading level
me-ha-rBIt me-har-BAT
- clause
va-to-MER yiz-KAR-na ha-ME-lekh et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha me-ha-rBIt me-har-BAT go-EL ha-DAM le-sha-KHET ve-LO yash-mi-DU et-be-NI
- sentence
va-to-MER yiz-KAR-na ha-ME-lekh et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha me-ha-rBIt me-har-BAT go-EL ha-DAM le-sha-KHET ve-LO yash-mi-DU et-be-NI va-YO-mer KHAI-ye-ho-VAH im-yip-POL mi-sa-a-RAT be-NE-kh AR-tse
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase meharbat go’el hadam leshachet {מֵהַרְבַּ֞ת גֹּאֵ֤ל הַדָּם לְשַׁחֵ֔ת | mê-har-bat gō-ʾēl ha-ḏām lə-ša-ḥēt} employs the Hifil infinitive construct to express prevention of the avenger’s destructive action.
Root and etymology
RootBet Tav
“daughter”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:11
She said, “Let the king now remember the LORD your God , so that the avenger may not multiply to destroy my son.” And he said, “As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 14:11, so the Hebrew word מֵהַרְבַּ֞ת (meharbat) 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.14.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.11.W7.S1) and character.