2 Samuel 16:18:152 Sam.16.18.W15TAB
אֶהְיֶ֖ה
eheye
“I will be”
- Transliteration
- e-HE-ye
- Extended
- eh-HEH-yeh
- IPA
- /ʔɛhˈjɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-HE-ye
- phraseyour reading level
lo LO e-HE-ye
- clause
lo LO e-HE-ye ve-i-TO e-SHEV
- sentence
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM LO KI a-SHER ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-AM ha-ZE ve-khol-ISH yis-ra-EL lo LO e-HE-ye ve-i-TO e-SHEV
Exegesis
The cohortative imperfect ʾehyēh {אֶהְיֶ֖ה | ʾehyēh} ‘I will be’ and the imperfect ʾēšēv {אֵשֵֽׁב | ʾēšēv} ‘I will remain’ express personal resolve, while wə-ʾittôw {וְאִתּ֥וֹ | wə-ʾittôw} ‘and with him’ adds cumulative force. This structure foregrounds divine and popular authority by preserving Hebrew word order and parallel syntax.
Root and etymology
ה–י–ה
“to be, become”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:18
And Hushai said to Absalom, “Not so; but I will be for the one whom the LORD , this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, and I will remain with him .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 16:18, so the Hebrew word אֶהְיֶ֖ה (eheye) 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.16.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.18.W15.S1) and character.