2 Samuel 16:18:22 Sam.16.18.W2TAB
חוּשַׁי֮
khushai
“Hushai”
- Transliteration
- khu-SHAI
- Extended
- khoo-SHAI
- IPA
- /ħuːˈʃaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Hushai
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khu-SHAI
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI
- clause
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
- 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
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 16:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 16:18, so the Hebrew word חוּשַׁי֮ (khushai) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.18.W2.S1) and character.