2 Samuel 15:10:32 Sam.15.10.W3TAB
מְרַגְּלִ֔ים
meraggelim
“spies”
- Transliteration
- me-rag-GE-lim
- Extended
- meh-rahg-GEH-lihm
- IPA
- /məraɡˈɡɛliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- spies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
me-rag-GE-lim
- clause
va-yish-LAKH av-sha-LOM me-rag-GE-lim be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL le-MOR
- 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.
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 15:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 15:10, so the Hebrew word מְרַגְּלִ֔ים (meraggelim) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.10.W3.S1) and character.