2 Samuel 14:32:102 Sam.14.32.W10TAB

וְאֶשְׁלְחָה֩

veeshlekha

“and I will send”

Transliteration: ve-esh-le-KHA
Extended: veh-ehsh-leh-KHAA
IPA: /vəʔɛʃ.ləˈħaː/

Meaning by language

English: and I will send

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + אֶשְׁ + לְ + חָה֩

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ve + esh + le + kha

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veeshlekha

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Lamed	l as in law
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Chet	ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-esh-le-KHA
phraseyour reading level
ve-esh-le-KHA o-te-KHA el-ha-ME-lekh
clause
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM el-yo-AV hi-NE sha-lakh-TI e-LE-kha le-MOR BO HE-na ve-esh-le-KHA o-te-KHA el-ha-ME-lekh le-MOR la-MA ba-TI mig-ge-SHUR TOV LI OD a-NI-SHAM
sentence
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM el-yo-AV hi-NE sha-lakh-TI e-LE-kha le-MOR BO HE-na ve-esh-le-KHA o-te-KHA el-ha-ME-lekh le-MOR la-MA ba-TI mig-ge-SHUR TOV LI OD a-NI-SHAM ve-a-TA e-re-E pe-NE ha-ME-lekh ve-im-yesh-BI a-VON ve-he-mi-TA-ni

Exegesis

The cohortatives veshlechah {וְאֶשְׁלְחָה | wə-ʾēš-lə-ḥā} ‘let me send’ and ereh {אֶרְאֶה֙ | ʾer-ʾeh} ‘let me see’ express Absalom’s volitional intent.

Root and etymology

Rootshin–lamed–chet

“to send”

In context — 2 Samuel 14:32

And Absalom said to Joab, “Behold, I sent for you, saying, ‘Come here so I may send you to the king to say, “Why did I come from Geshur? It would have been better for me to still be there.” Now then, let me see the king’s face and, if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.’”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 14:32:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 14:32, so the Hebrew word וְאֶשְׁלְחָה֩ (veeshlekha) 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.14.32.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.32.W10.S1) and character.

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