2 Samuel 15:7:112 Sam.15.7.W11TAB
אֶת־נִדְרִ֛י
etnidri
“the vow of me, my vow”
- Transliteration
- et-nid-RI
- Extended
- eht-nihd-REE
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.nidˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the vow of me, my vow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
et-nid-RI
- clause
va-yo-MER av-sha-LOM el-ha-ME-lekh e-le-KHA NA va-a-sha-LEM et-nid-RI a-sher-na-DAR-ti la-ye-ho-VAH be-khev-RON
- sentence
va-ye-HI mik-KETS ar-ba-IM sha-NA va-yo-MER av-sha-LOM el-ha-ME-lekh e-le-KHA NA va-a-sha-LEM et-nid-RI a-sher-na-DAR-ti la-ye-ho-VAH be-khev-RON
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʼet {אֶת | ’et} marks nidri {נִדְרִי | nidrî} ‘my vow’ as the object, with the relative clause ʼašer nādaṯî {אֲשֶׁר נָדַרְתִּי | ’ăšer nādaṯî} ‘which I vowed.’
Root and etymology
nun–dalet–resh
“to vow, promise”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:7
And it was at the end of four years that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow which I vowed to the LORD in Hebron.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 15:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־נִדְרִ֛י (etnidri) 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.15.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.7.W11.S1) and character.