2 Samuel 15:11:62 Sam.15.11.W6TAB

קְרֻאִ֖ים

keruim

invited

Transliteration
ke-ru-IM
Extended
keh-roo-EEM
IPA
/qəruˈʔiːm/

Meaning by language

English
invited

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
קְ + רֻ + אִ֖ים
ke + ru + im
keruim

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qibbutsshort 'oo' as in food
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ke-ru-IM

  2. 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

  3. 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 sequential participles keru’im {קְרֻאִים | kə-rû-ʼîm} ‘called/invited’ and veholkhim {וְהֹלְכִים | wə-hō-lə-khîm} ‘and going’ convey both the summons and ongoing accompaniment.

Root and etymology

q-r-ʼqof–resh–aleph

to call, invite

In context2 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 15:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 15:11, so the Hebrew word קְרֻאִ֖ים (keruim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.11.W6.S1) and character.