2 Samuel 15:29:62 Sam.15.29.W6TAB
יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם
yerushalayim
“Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- Extended
- yeh-roo-shah-LAA-yihm
- IPA
- /jəruː.ʃaːˈlaːjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jerusalem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- 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
Yerushalayim {יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | Yĕrūšālayim} indicates direction to Jerusalem.
Root and etymology
uncertain, possibly y–r–š
“to possess”
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 15:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 15:29, so the Hebrew word יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם (yerushalayim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.29.W6.S1) and character.