2 Samuel 15:5:22 Sam.15.5.W2TAB
בִּקְרָב־אִ֔ישׁ
bikravish
“when a man came near”
- Transliteration
- bik-RAV-ISH
- Extended
- bihk-RAV-EESH
- IPA
- /biqˈraːv.ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- when a man came near
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bik-RAV-ISH
- clause
ve-ha-YA bik-RAV-ISH le-hish-ta-kha-VOT LO
- sentence
ve-ha-YA bik-RAV-ISH le-hish-ta-kha-VOT LO ve-sha-LAKH ET-ya-DO ve-he-khe-ZIK LO ve-na-SHAK LO
Exegesis
The temporal clause bikrav ish {בִּקְרָב־אִישׁ | bi-krāb-ʾîš} uses the infinitive construct to signal “when a man approached.”
Root and etymology
’-y-šʼ-y-š
“man, individual”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:5
And it happened that when a man approached to bow down to him, he would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 15:5, so the Hebrew word בִּקְרָב־אִ֔ישׁ (bikravish) 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.15.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.5.W2.S1) and character.