2 Samuel 15:34:202 Sam.15.34.W20TAB
אֲחִיתֹֽפֶל׃
akhitofel
“Ahithophel”
- Transliteration
- a-khi-TO-fel
- Extended
- ah-khee-TOH-fehl
- IPA
- /ʔăħiːˈtoːfɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ahithophel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
a-khi-TO-fel
- phraseyour reading level
a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel
- 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 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
Rootḥ-y-h
“to live, be alive”
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 15:34:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Samuel 15:34, so the Hebrew word אֲחִיתֹֽפֶל׃ (akhitofel) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.34.W20.S1) and character.