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
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
ke-ru-IM
- 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 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 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 15:11:6 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.