2 Samuel 16:20:62 Sam.16.20.W6TAB
עֵצָ֖ה
etsa
“counsel”
- Transliteration
- E-tsa
- Extended
- EE-tsah
- IPA
- /ʕeːˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- counsel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-tsa
- clause
ha-VU la-KHEM E-tsa ma-na-a-SE
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM el-a-khi-TO-fel ha-VU la-KHEM E-tsa ma-na-a-SE
Exegesis
The noun etsah {עֵצָה | ʿê-ṣā} ‘counsel’ serves as the object.
Root and etymology
ʿ-w-ṣ
“to advise, counsel”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:20
And Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give counsel among yourselves; what shall we do?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 16:20, so the Hebrew word עֵצָ֖ה (etsa) 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.16.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.20.W6.S1) and character.