2 Samuel 15:34:192 Sam.15.34.W19TAB

עֲצַ֥ת

atsat

the counsel of

Transliteration
a-TSAT
Extended
ah-TSAHT
IPA
/ʕăˈtsat/

Meaning by language

English
the counsel of

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Result
עֲ + צַ֥ת
a + tsat
atsat

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-TSAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel

  3. clause

    ve-he-FAR-ta LI ET a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel

  4. 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 object marker ’ēt {אֵת | ’ēt} precedes the construct noun ‘ăṣaṯ {עֲצַת | ’ă-ṣaṯ} ‘counsel’ of ’Aḥîṭôp̄el {אֲחִיתֹפֶל | ’ă-ḥî-ṭō-p̄el} ‘Ahithophel’, rendered as a possessive in English.

Root and etymology

ע–צ–ה

counsel

In context2 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 15:34:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Samuel 15:34, so the Hebrew word עֲצַ֥ת (atsat) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.34.W19.S1) and character.