2 Samuel 15:12:132 Sam.15.12.W13TAB
אַמִּ֔ץ
amits
“strong”
- Transliteration
- a-MITS
- Extended
- ah-MEETS
- IPA
- /ʔamˈmiːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- strong
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-MITS
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-KE-sher a-MITS ve-ha-AM ho-LEKH va-RAV et-av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH av-sha-LOM et-a-khi-TO-fel ha-gi-lo-NI yo-ETS da-VID me-i-RO mi-gi-LO be-zav-KHO et-ha-ze-va-KHIM va-ye-HI ha-KE-sher a-MITS ve-ha-AM ho-LEKH va-RAV et-av-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The existential result clause wayhî ha-qēšer ʾammîṣ {וַיְהִי הַקֶּשֶׁר אַמִּץ | wayhî ha-qēšer ʾammîṣ} ‘and the conspiracy became strong’ employs a nominal predicate with the adjective functioning predicatively.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:12
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, counselor to David, from his city in Giloh, as he was offering the sacrifices; and the conspiracy became strong, and the people kept going with Absalom.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 15:12, so the Hebrew word אַמִּ֔ץ (amits) 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.15.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.12.W13.S1) and character.