2 Samuel 14:21:32 Sam.14.21.W3TAB
אֶל־יוֹאָ֔ב
elyoav
“to Joab”
- Transliteration
- el-yo-AV
- Extended
- ehl-yoh-AAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.joːˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Joab
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-yo-AV
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-yo-AV hi-NE-na a-SI-ti et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-yo-AV hi-NE-na a-SI-ti et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ve-LEKH ha-SHEV et-ha-NA-ar et-av-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The subject hamelech {הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | ham-mé-leḵ} ‘the king’ frames the speaker, followed by the prepositional phrase el-yoav {אֶל־יוֹאָ֔ב | ʾel-yō-’āḇ} ‘to Joab’.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:21
Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now , I have done this thing . Go, restore the young man Absalom.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 14:21, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יוֹאָ֔ב (elyoav) 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.14.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.21.W3.S1) and character.