2 Samuel 16:3:42 Sam.16.3.W4TAB
בֶּן־אֲדֹנֶ֑יךָ
benadonekha
“son of your lord”
- Transliteration
- ben-a-do-NE-kha
- Extended
- behn-ah-doh-NEH-khaa
- IPA
- /bɛn.ʔăðoːˈnɛːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of your lord
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-a-do-NE-kha
- clause
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh ve-a-YE ben-a-do-NE-kha
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh ve-a-YE ben-a-do-NE-kha va-yo-MER tsi-VA el-ha-ME-lekh hi-NE yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LA-yim KI a-MAR ha-YOM ya-shi-VU LI BET yis-ra-EL ET mam-le-KHUT a-VI
Exegesis
is followed by the construct benʼădōnēḵā {בֶּן־אֲדֹנֶיךָ | benʼădōnēḵā} ‘son of your master,’ marking possession within a direct address.
Root and etymology
ʾ-d-n
“lord, master”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:3
And the king said, “Where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem , for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my father.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 16:3, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־אֲדֹנֶ֑יךָ (benadonekha) 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.16.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.3.W4.S1) and character.