2 Samuel 15:34:122 Sam.15.34.W12TAB
מֵאָ֔ז
meaz
“from then or from of old”
- Transliteration
- me-AZ
- Extended
- meh-AAZ
- IPA
- /meːˈʔaːz/
Meaning by language
- English
- from then or from of old
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-AZ
- clause
ve-im-ha-IR ta-SHUV ve-a-MAR-ta le-av-sha-LOM av-DE-kha a-NI ha-ME-lekh e-HE-ye E-ved a-VI-kha va-a-NI me-AZ ve-a-TA va-a-NI av-DE-kha
- sentence
ve-im-ha-IR ta-SHUV ve-a-MAR-ta le-av-sha-LOM av-DE-kha a-NI ha-ME-lekh e-HE-ye E-ved a-VI-kha va-a-NI me-AZ ve-a-TA va-a-NI av-DE-kha ve-he-FAR-ta LI ET a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel
Exegesis
The direct speech features chiastic parallelism of ’ănî {אֲנִי | ’ă-nî} ‘I’ and ’avdĕkhā {עַבְדְּךָ | ’av-dĕ-khā} ‘your servant’, framed by the temporal pair mê’āz {מֵאָז | mê-’ā-z} ‘from then’ and wə-’attâh {וְעַתָּה | wə-’ä-ṯ-tāh} ‘and now’.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:34
But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, “I am your servant, O king; I was your father’s servant from then until now, and now I am your servant,” then you will frustrate for me the counsel of Ahithophel .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:34:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 15:34, so the Hebrew word מֵאָ֔ז (meaz) 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.15.34.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.34.W12.S1) and character.