2 Samuel 16:22:62 Sam.16.22.W6TAB
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙
avshalom
“Absalom”
- Transliteration
- av-sha-LOM
- Extended
- ahv-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʔav.ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Absalom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
av-sha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO av-sha-LOM
- clause
va-ya-VO av-sha-LOM el-pi-lag-SHE a-VIV le-e-NE kol-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yat-TU le-av-sha-LOM ha-O-hel al-ha-GAG va-ya-VO av-sha-LOM el-pi-lag-SHE a-VIV le-e-NE kol-yis-ra-EL
In context — 2 Samuel 16:22
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines before the eyes of all Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 16:22, so the Hebrew word אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ (avshalom) 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.16.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.22.W6.S1) and character.