2 Samuel 14:2:112 Sam.14.2.W11TAB
וְלִבְשִׁי־נָ֣א
velivshina
“and please put on”
- Transliteration
- ve-liv-SHI-NA
- Extended
- veh-lihv-SHEE-NAA
- IPA
- /vəlivˈʃiːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and please put on
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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
ve-liv-SHI-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-liv-SHI-NA vig-DE-e-vel
- 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
l-b-b
“heart, mind, will”
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 14:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 14:2, so the Hebrew word וְלִבְשִׁי־נָ֣א (velivshina) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.2.W11.S1) and character.