2 Samuel 16:23:42 Sam.16.23.W4TAB
יָעַץ֙
yaats
“he counseled”
- Transliteration
- ya-ATS
- Extended
- yaa-ATS
- IPA
- /jaːˈʕats/
Meaning by language
- English
- he counseled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ya-ATS
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ya-ATS
- clause
va-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel a-SHER ya-ATS ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM ka-a-SHER yish-AL-Esh bid-VAR ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel a-SHER ya-ATS ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM ka-a-SHER yish-AL-Esh bid-VAR ha-e-lo-HIM KEN kal-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel gam-le-da-VID GAM le-av-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the noun phrase wa‘atsat {וַעֲצַ֣ת | wa‘ă-ṣat} ‘advice’, which functions as the subject of a vav-consecutive narrative clause introduced by the waw and the Qal perfect yaats {יָעַץ֙ | yā-‘aṣ} ‘he counseled’.
Root and etymology
y-ʿ-ṣyod–ayin–tsade
“to advise, counsel”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:23
And the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired of the word of God ; so was all the advice of Ahithophel, both for David and for Absalom.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 16:23, so the Hebrew word יָעַץ֙ (yaats) 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.16.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.23.W4.S1) and character.