2 Samuel 15:2:12 Sam.15.2.W1TAB
וְהִשְׁכִּים֙
vehishkim
“and he rose early”
- Transliteration
- ve-hish-KIM
- Extended
- veh-hihsh-KEEM
- IPA
- /vəhɪʃˈkiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he rose early
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ve-hish-KIM
- clause
ve-hish-KIM av-sha-LOM ve-a-MAD al-YAD DE-rekh ha-SHA-ar
- sentence
ve-hish-KIM av-sha-LOM ve-a-MAD al-YAD DE-rekh ha-SHA-ar va-ye-HI kol-ha-ISH a-sher-yi-HE-ye-lo-RIV la-VO el-ha-ME-lekh la-mish-PAT va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM e-LAV va-yo-MER e-mi-ZE IR a-TA va-yo-MER me-a-KHAD shiv-TE-yi-yis-ra-EL av-DE-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with a sequence of vav-consecutive imperfect verbs vehishkim {וְהִשְׁכִּים֙ | vәhišqîm} ‘and he rose early’ and ve‘amad {וְעָמַ֕ד | wəʿāmad} ‘and he stood’ establishing narrative progression.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:2
Absalom rose early and stood beside the road at the gate. And it happened that whenever any man had a dispute to come to the king for judgment , Absalom would call to him and say, “From which city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 15:2, so the Hebrew word וְהִשְׁכִּים֙ (vehishkim) 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.15.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.2.W1.S1) and character.