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

Result
מֵ + הַרְ + בַּ֞ת
me + har + bat
meharbat

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-har-BAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-ha-rBIt me-har-BAT

  3. 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

  4. 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 context2 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.