2 Samuel 14:2:202 Sam.14.2.W20TAB
מִתְאַבֶּ֖לֶת
mitabelet
“mourning”
- Transliteration
- mit-a-BE-let
- Extended
- mih-tah-BEH-leht
- IPA
- /mit.ʔavːəˈlɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- mourning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mit-a-BE-let
- 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
The simile ke’ishah zeh yamim rabbim mit’abbelet al-met {כְּאִשָּׁה זֶה יָמִים רַבִּים מִתְאַבֵּלֶת עַל־מֵת | kə-ʼiššāh zeh yāmîm rabbîm mitʼabbēleṯ ʿal-mēt} ‘like a woman who has mourned many days for the dead’ employs a participle to convey ongoing state and set her role.
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 14:2:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Samuel 14:2, so the Hebrew word מִתְאַבֶּ֖לֶת (mitabelet) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.2.W20.S1) and character.