2 Samuel 16:8:152 Sam.16.8.W15TAB
אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם
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
av-sha-LOM be-NE-kha
- clause
he-SHIV a-LE-kha ye-ho-VAH KOL de-ME BET-sha-UL a-SHER ma-LAKH-ta ta-KHA-to ta-KHE-taiv va-yit-TEN ye-ho-VAH et-ha-me-lu-KHA be-YAD av-sha-LOM be-NE-kha
- sentence
he-SHIV a-LE-kha ye-ho-VAH KOL de-ME BET-sha-UL a-SHER ma-LAKH-ta ta-KHA-to ta-KHE-taiv va-yit-TEN ye-ho-VAH et-ha-me-lu-KHA be-YAD av-sha-LOM be-NE-kha ve-hin-NE-kha be-ra-a-TE-kha KI ISH da-MIM a-TA
In context — 2 Samuel 16:8
The LORD has repaid you for all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you reigned, and has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. And now you stand in your calamity, because you are a bloodstained man.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 16:8, so the Hebrew word אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם (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.16.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.8.W15.S1) and character.