2 Samuel 14:32:262 Sam.14.32.W26TAB
עָוֺ֖ן
avon
“guilt”
- Transliteration
- a-VON
- Extended
- aa-VOHN
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈwoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- guilt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-VON
- phraseyour reading level
ve-im-yesh-BI a-VON
- clause
ve-a-TA e-re-E pe-NE ha-ME-lekh ve-im-yesh-BI a-VON ve-he-mi-TA-ni
- 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 conditional ve-im-yesh-bi {וְאִם־יֶשׁ־בִּ֥י | wə-ʾim yēš-bî} introduces avon {עָוֺ֖ן | ʿā-wôn} ‘guilt’, and the Hiphil imperfect ve-hemita-ni {וֶהֱמִתָֽנִי | wə-hə-mi-ṭā-nî} ‘let him put me to death’ delegates judgment to the king, completing the petition.
Root and etymology
ʿ-w-nAyin–Waw–Nun
“iniquity, guilt”
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 14:32:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of 2 Samuel 14:32, so the Hebrew word עָוֺ֖ן (avon) 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.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.32.W26.S1) and character.