2 Samuel 14:32:162 Sam.14.32.W16TAB
מִגְּשׁ֔וּר
miggeshur
“from Geshur”
- Transliteration
- mig-ge-SHUR
- Extended
- mihg-geh-SHOOR
- IPA
- /mig.gəˈʃuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Geshur
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mig-ge-SHUR
- 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 question lammah bā’ati mi-geshur {לָמָּה בָּ֙אתִי֙ מִגְּשׁ֔וּר | lā-māh bā-ʾtî mi-ge-šūr} ‘Why did I come from Geshur?’ combines an interrogative with a perfect verb and locative phrase.
Root and etymology
g-sh-rGimel–Shin–Resh
“borderland region”
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 14:32:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 14:32, so the Hebrew word מִגְּשׁ֔וּר (miggeshur) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.32.W16.S1) and character.