2 Samuel 14:2:102 Sam.14.2.W10TAB
הִֽתְאַבְּלִי־נָ֞א
hitavelina
“please mourn”
- Transliteration
- hit-a-VE-li-NA
- Extended
- hih-tah-veh-LEE-NAA
- IPA
- /hiθ.ʔavːəˈliːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- please mourn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hit-a-VE-li-NA
- clause
va-yo-MER E-le-ha hit-a-VE-li-NA ve-liv-SHI-NA vig-DE-e-vel ve-al-ta-SU-khi SHE-men ve-ha-YIT ke-ish-SHA ZE ya-MIM rab-BIM mit-a-BE-let al-MET
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH yo-AV te-ko-A va-yik-KAKH mish-SHAM ish-SHA kha-kha-MA va-yo-MER E-le-ha hit-a-VE-li-NA ve-liv-SHI-NA vig-DE-e-vel ve-al-ta-SU-khi SHE-men ve-ha-YIT ke-ish-SHA ZE ya-MIM rab-BIM mit-a-BE-let al-MET
Exegesis
Polite commands appear in hit’abli-na {הִתְאַבְּלִי־נָא | hiṯʾabbəlî-nā} ‘mourn, please’ and velivshi-na {וְלִבְשִׁי־נָא | wə-libbəšî-nā} ‘clothe yourself, please’ with the particle nā.
Root and etymology
ʼ-b-laleph–bet–lamed
“mourning”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoa and took from there a wise woman. He then said to her, “Please mourn and put on garments of mourning, do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has mourned for many days for the dead.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 14:2, so the Hebrew word הִֽתְאַבְּלִי־נָ֞א (hitavelina) 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.14.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.2.W10.S1) and character.