2 Samuel 14:19:42 Sam.14.19.W4TAB

יוֹאָ֛ב

yoav

Joab

Transliteration
yo-AV
Extended
yoh-AAV
IPA
/joːˈʔaːv/

Meaning by language

English
Joab

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יוֹ + אָ֛ב
yo + av
yoav

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    yo-AV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-YAD yo-AV

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh ha-YAD yo-AV i-TAKH be-khol-ZOT

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh ha-YAD yo-AV i-TAKH be-khol-ZOT va-TA-an ha-i-SHA va-TO-mer KHEI-naf-she-KHA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh im-ISH le-he-MIN u-le-has-MIL mi-KOL a-sher-di-BER a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ki-AV-de-KHA yo-AV HU tsi-va-NI ve-HU SAM be-FI shif-kha-TE-KHA ET khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le

Exegesis

The idiom hayyad Yōʼāḇ {הַיַּד יוֹאָב | hayyad Yōʼāḇ} “the hand of Joab” expresses agency. The sequential vav-consecutives wə-ttaʿan …

In context2 Samuel 14:19

And the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As surely as the soul of my lord the king lives, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king has spoken, for your servant Joab commanded me and put all these words into the mouth of your maidservant .”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 14:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 14:19, so the Hebrew word יוֹאָ֛ב (yoav) 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.14.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.19.W4.S1) and character.