2 Samuel 16:18:32 Sam.16.18.W3TAB
אֶל־אַבְשָׁלֹם֒
elavshalom
“to Absalom”
- Transliteration
- el-av-sha-LOM
- Extended
- ehl-av-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔav.ʃaːˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Absalom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| 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
el-av-sha-LOM
- 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
Exegesis
Hushai then uses lo {לֹ֕א | lōʾ} ‘no’ plus the adversative kî {כִּי֩ | kî} ‘but’ to introduce a corrective emphasis.
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 16:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 16:18, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אַבְשָׁלֹם֒ (elavshalom) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.18.W3.S1) and character.