2 Samuel 15:29:32 Sam.15.29.W3TAB
וְאֶבְיָתָ֛ר
veevyatar
“and Abiathar”
- Transliteration
- ve-ev-ya-TAR
- Extended
- veh-ehv-yah-TAAR
- IPA
- /vəʔɛv.jaːˈtaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Abiathar
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 | |
| 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
ve-ev-ya-TAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHEV tsa-DOK ve-ev-ya-TAR
- clause
va-ya-SHEV tsa-DOK ve-ev-ya-TAR et-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV tsa-DOK ve-ev-ya-TAR et-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM ye-ru-sha-LA-yim va-ye-she-VU SHAM
Exegesis
The proper nouns tsadok {צָד֧וֹק | Ṣādōq} and evyatar {וְאֶבְיָתָ֛ר | wə-’ĕḇyāṯār} serve as the acting subjects.
Root and etymology
b-y-t
“house”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:29
So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem, and they stayed there .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 15:29, so the Hebrew word וְאֶבְיָתָ֛ר (veevyatar) 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.15.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.29.W3.S1) and character.