2 Samuel 14:17:112 Sam.14.17.W11TAB
אֲדֹנִ֤י
adoni
“my lord”
- Transliteration
- a-do-NI
- Extended
- ah-doh-NEE
- IPA
- /ʔădoˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my lord
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-do-NI
- phraseyour reading level
KEN a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
- clause
KI ke-mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM KEN a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh lish-MO-a ha-TOV ve-ha-RA va-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ye-HI im-MAKH
- sentence
va-TO-mer shiv-kha-TE-kha yih-HE-NA de-VAR-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh lim-nu-KHA KI ke-mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM KEN a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh lish-MO-a ha-TOV ve-ha-RA va-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ye-HI im-MAKH
Exegesis
The noun phrase devar adoni hamelech {דְּבַר־אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ | də-var ʾa-dō-nî ha-me-leḵ} functions as the subject with the lamed-infinitive limnuchah {לִמְנוּחָה | lim-nū-ḥā} marking purpose ‘for rest’.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:17
And your maidservant said, “May the word of my lord the king provide rest, for like an angel of God , so is my lord the king in discerning the good and the evil . May the LORD your God be with you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 14:17, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנִ֤י (adoni) 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.14.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.17.W11.S1) and character.