2 Samuel 15:4:22 Sam.15.4.W2TAB
אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם
avshalom
“Absalom”
- Transliteration
- av-sha-LOM
- Extended
- av-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʔav.ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Absalom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
av-sha-LOM
- clause
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM mi-ye-si-ME-ni sho-FET ba-A-rets
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM mi-ye-si-ME-ni sho-FET ba-A-rets ve-a-LAI ya-VO kal-ISH a-she-re-yih-ye-LO-RIV u-mish-PAT ve-hits-dak-TIV
Exegesis
The subject Avshalom {אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם | ʾăv-šā-lōm} follows.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-l-m
“completeness, peace”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:4
And Absalom said, “Who will make me judge in the land, that every man who has a dispute or a case might come to me, and I would declare him right.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 15:4, so the Hebrew word אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם (avshalom) 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.15.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.4.W2.S1) and character.