2 Samuel 15:6:22 Sam.15.6.W2TAB
אַבְשָׁל֜וֹם
avshalom
“Absalom”
- Transliteration
- av-sha-LOM
- Extended
- ahv-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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS av-sha-LOM
- clause
va-ya-AS av-sha-LOM ka-da-VAR ha-ZE le-KHOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER-ya-VO-u lam-mish-PAT el-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ya-AS av-sha-LOM ka-da-VAR ha-ZE le-KHOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER-ya-VO-u lam-mish-PAT el-ha-ME-lekh va-ye-gan-NEV av-sha-LOM et-LEV an-SHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb wayyaas {וַיַּעַשׂ | wayyaʿaś} ‘and he did’, indicating narrative continuation, followed by the subject Avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | Avšālôm}.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-l-m
“completeness, peace”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:6
And Absalom did this thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment , and Absalom stole the heart of the men of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 15:6, so the Hebrew word אַבְשָׁל֜וֹם (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.15.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.6.W2.S1) and character.