2 Samuel 15:27:92 Sam.15.27.W9TAB
בְּשָׁל֑וֹם
beshalom
“in peace”
- Transliteration
- be-sha-LOM
- Extended
- beh-shaa-LOHM
- IPA
- /bəʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in peace
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-sha-LOM
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ha-ro-E a-TA shu-VA ha-IR be-sha-LOM
- 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 imperative shuvah {שֻׁ֥בָה | šuvvāh} with the prepositional phrase ha-ir be-shalom {הָעִ֖יר בְּשָׁל֑וֹם | hāʼîr bĕ-šālôm} issues a command specifying location and manner.
Root and etymology
שׁ–ל–ם
“peace, completeness”
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 15:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 15:27, so the Hebrew word בְּשָׁל֑וֹם (beshalom) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.27.W9.S1) and character.