2 Samuel 15:27:132 Sam.15.27.W13TAB
בֶּן־אֶבְיָתָ֛ר
benevyatar
“son of Abiathar”
- Transliteration
- ben-ev-ya-TAR
- Extended
- behn-ehv-yah-TAAR
- IPA
- /bɛn.ʔɛv.jaːˈθaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Abiathar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-ev-ya-TAR
- phraseyour reading level
vi-yo-na-TAN ben-ev-ya-TAR
- 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
b-y-t
“house”
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 15:27:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 15:27, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־אֶבְיָתָ֛ר (benevyatar) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.27.W13.S1) and character.