2 Samuel 15:10:122 Sam.15.10.W12TAB
אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם
avshalom
“Absalom”
- Transliteration
- av-sha-LOM
- Extended
- ahv-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʔav.ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Absalom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
av-sha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
ma-LAKH av-sha-LOM
- clause
ke-sha-me-a-KHEM et-KOL ha-sho-FAR va-a-mar-TEM ma-LAKH av-sha-LOM be-khev-RON
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH av-sha-LOM me-rag-GE-lim be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL le-MOR ke-sha-me-a-KHEM et-KOL ha-sho-FAR va-a-mar-TEM ma-LAKH av-sha-LOM be-khev-RON
Exegesis
The agent is Avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ | ʾAvšālôm}, followed by the Piel participle meraggelim {מְרַגְּלִ֔ים | meragge·lîm} ‘spies’, which underscores covert intent.
The command waʾamartem {וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם | wä·’a·mar·tem} ‘and you shall say’ employs another vav-consecutive for illocution, and the perfect verb mālāḵ {מָלַ֥ךְ | mā·lāk} ‘he reigned’ reports the outcome: that Avshalom {אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם | ʾAvšālôm} is king in Hebron. This alternation between narrative and proclamation dramatizes Absalom’s strategic coup.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-l-m
“completeness, peace”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:10
And Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel to say, “When you hear the sound of the trumpet , you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron .’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 15:10, so the Hebrew word אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם (avshalom) 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.15.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.10.W12.S1) and character.