2 Samuel 15:11:82 Sam.15.11.W8TAB
לְתֻמָּ֑ם
letummam
“in their integrity”
- Transliteration
- le-tum-MAM
- Extended
- leh-tuhm-MAAM
- IPA
- /ləθumˈmaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in their integrity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-tum-MAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hol-KHIM le-tum-MAM
- 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 idiomatic phrase letummam {לְתֻמָּם | lə-tum-mām} ‘in their innocence’ emphasizes their lack of guile.
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 15:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 15:11, so the Hebrew word לְתֻמָּ֑ם (letummam) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.11.W8.S1) and character.