2 Samuel 15:11:12 Sam.15.11.W1TAB
וְאֶת־אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם
veetavshalom
“and with Absalom”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-av-sha-LOM
- Extended
- veh-EET-av-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.ʔav.ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and with Absalom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
ve-ET-av-sha-LOM
- clause
ve-ET-av-sha-LOM hal-KHU ma-TA-yim ISH mi-ru-sha-LA-yim ke-ru-IM ve-hol-KHIM le-tum-MAM
- sentence
ve-ET-av-sha-LOM hal-KHU ma-TA-yim ISH mi-ru-sha-LA-yim ke-ru-IM ve-hol-KHIM le-tum-MAM ve-LO ya-de-U KAL-da-VAR
Exegesis
The verse opens with ve’et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾeṯ} ‘and (direct object marker)’, foregrounding Absalom {אַבְשָׁלֹם | ʾav-ša-lōm}.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-l-m
“completeness, peace”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:11
And with Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who had been called and were walking in their innocence, and they did not know anything about the matter .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 15:11, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם (veetavshalom) 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.15.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.11.W1.S1) and character.