2 Samuel 16:22:72 Sam.16.22.W7TAB
אֶל־פִּֽלַגְשֵׁ֣י
elpilagshe
“to the concubines of”
- Transliteration
- el-pi-lag-SHE
- Extended
- ehl-pih-lahg-SHEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.pi.lagˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the concubines of
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-pi-lag-SHE
- phraseyour reading level
el-pi-lag-SHE a-VIV
- 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
Exegesis
The construct chain el-pilagshei aviv {אֶל־פִּֽלַגְשֵׁ֣י אָבִ֔יו | ’el-pilag-šê ’ā-ḇî-w} ‘to the concubines of his father’ establishes relational possession.
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 16:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 16:22, so the Hebrew word אֶל־פִּֽלַגְשֵׁ֣י (elpilagshe) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.22.W7.S1) and character.