2 Samuel 15:27:102 Sam.15.27.W10TAB
וַאֲחִימַ֨עַץ
vaakhimaats
“and Ahimaaz”
- Transliteration
- va-a-khi-ma-ATS
- Extended
- vah-ah-khih-mah-ATS
- IPA
- /vaʔăħiːmaˈʕats/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Ahimaaz
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-khi-ma-ATS
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-khi-ma-ATS bin-KHA
- clause
va-a-khi-ma-ATS bin-KHA vi-yo-na-TAN ben-ev-ya-TAR she-NE ve-ne-KHEM it-te-KHEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ha-ro-E a-TA shu-VA ha-IR be-sha-LOM va-a-khi-ma-ATS bin-KHA vi-yo-na-TAN ben-ev-ya-TAR she-NE ve-ne-KHEM it-te-KHEM
Exegesis
The coordinated names va-akhimaatz bincha {וַאֲחִימַ֨עַץ בִּנְךָ | wa-ʼăḥîmāʿaṣ binḵā} and viyehonatan ben-Evyatar {וִיהוֹנָתָ֧ן בֶּן־אֶבְיָתָ֛ר | wîyhōnāṯān ben ʼĕvīyāṯār} enumerate participants, and the construct chain sh’nei beneikhem ittkhem {שְׁנֵ֥י בְּנֵיכֶ֖ם אִתְּכֶֽם | šᵊnê benêḵem ʼittəkem} underscores possession and accompaniment. This syntax links recognition of prophetic authority with the directive to return safely.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-y-h
“to live, be alive”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:27
And the king said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace , and Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan son of Abiathar, your two sons, be with you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:27:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 15:27, so the Hebrew word וַאֲחִימַ֨עַץ (vaakhimaats) 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.15.27.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.27.W10.S1) and character.