2 Samuel 16:14:52 Sam.16.14.W5TAB
עֲיֵפִ֑ים
ayefim
“weary”
- Transliteration
- a-ye-FIM
- Extended
- ah-yeh-FEEM
- IPA
- /ʕăjeːˈfiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- weary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ye-FIM
- clause
va-VA ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER-i-TO a-ye-FIM
- sentence
va-VA ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER-i-TO a-ye-FIM va-yin-na-FESH SHAM
Exegesis
The predicative adjective ayephim {עֲיֵפִים | ʿă-yê-p̄îm} conveys their state of exhaustion.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-payin–yod–pe
“to be weary”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:14
And the king came, and all the people who were with him were weary , and he refreshed himself there .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 16:14, so the Hebrew word עֲיֵפִ֑ים (ayefim) 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.16.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.14.W5.S1) and character.