2 Samuel 14:24:72 Sam.14.24.W7TAB
יִרְאֶ֑ה
yire
“let him see”
- Transliteration
- yir-E
- Extended
- yir-EH
- IPA
- /jirˈʔɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- let him see
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yir-E
- phraseyour reading level
LO yir-E
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh yis-SOV el-BE-to u-fa-NAI LO yir-E
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh yis-SOV el-BE-to u-fa-NAI LO yir-E va-yis-SOV av-sha-LOM el-BE-to u-fe-NE ha-ME-lekh LO ra-A
Exegesis
The expression ufanai lo yir·ʾeh {וּפָנַ֖י לֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֑ה | ū-pā-nāy lōʾ yirʾēh} uses panim {פָּנִים | pānîm} ‘face’ as an idiom for royal presence, with lo {לֹ֣א | lōʾ} emphatically negating access. The narrative then mirrors with vayissov ...
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-hrah
“to see”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:24
But the king said, “Let him turn to his house, but my face he must not see.” So Absalom turned to his house and did not see the king’s face.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 14:24, so the Hebrew word יִרְאֶ֑ה (yire) 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.14.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.24.W7.S1) and character.