2 Samuel 15:34:162 Sam.15.34.W16TAB
וְהֵפַרְתָּ֣ה
vehefarta
“then you will thwart”
- Transliteration
- ve-he-FAR-ta
- Extended
- veh-hee-FAHR-tah
- IPA
- /vəheːˈfartɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- then you will thwart
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-he-FAR-ta
- phraseyour reading level
ve-he-FAR-ta LI
- clause
ve-he-FAR-ta LI ET a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel
- 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 result clause is signaled by the vav-consecutive Hiphil perfect wə-hêparţâ {וְהֵפַרְתָּ | wə-hê-par-tā} ‘and you will frustrate’.
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 15:34:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 15:34, so the Hebrew word וְהֵפַרְתָּ֣ה (vehefarta) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.34.W16.S1) and character.