2 Samuel 14:30:82 Sam.14.30.W8TAB
שְׂעֹרִ֔ים
seorim
“barley”
- Transliteration
- se-o-RIM
- Extended
- seh-oh-REEM
- IPA
- /səʕoːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- barley
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
se-o-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-SHAM se-o-RIM
- clause
va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAIV re-U KHEL-kat yo-AV el-ya-DI ve-LO-SHAM se-o-RIM le-KHU ve-ho-tse-TI-ya ve-hats-si-TU-ha va-ESH
- sentence
va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAIV re-U KHEL-kat yo-AV el-ya-DI ve-LO-SHAM se-o-RIM le-KHU ve-ho-tse-TI-ya ve-hats-si-TU-ha va-ESH va-yats-tsi-TU av-DE av-sha-LOM et-ha-khel-KA ba-ESH
Exegesis
The nominal clause ve-lo-sham seorim {וְלוֹ־שָׁם שְׂעֹרִים | wə-lō-šām sə-ʿō-rîm} ‘and there is barley’ is smoothed as “he has barley there.”
Root and etymology
Rootš-ʿ-r
“barley”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:30
And he said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 14:30, so the Hebrew word שְׂעֹרִ֔ים (seorim) 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.14.30.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.30.W8.S1) and character.