2 Samuel 15:18:92 Sam.15.18.W9TAB
אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֤אוּ
asherbau
“who came”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-ba-U
- Extended
- ah-shehr-baa-OO
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.baːˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who came
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-ba-U
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ba-U ve-rag-LO
- clause
ve-KHOL-ha-git-TIM SHESH-me-OT ISH a-sher-ba-U ve-rag-LO mig-GAT o-ve-RIM al-pe-NE ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-KHOL-a-va-DAIV o-ve-RIM al-ya-DO ve-KHOL-ha-kre-TI ve-KHOL-ha-ple-TI ve-KHOL-ha-git-TIM SHESH-me-OT ISH a-sher-ba-U ve-rag-LO mig-GAT o-ve-RIM al-pe-NE ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The restrictive relative clause asher bau {אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ | ʾă-šer bā-’û} identifies those who accompanied him.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:18
And all his servants were passing by his side, and all the Kerethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came on foot from Gath, were passing before the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 15:18, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֤אוּ (asherbau) 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.15.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.18.W9.S1) and character.