2 Samuel 16:9:132 Sam.16.9.W13TAB
וְאָסִ֥ירָה
veasira
“and I will remove”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-si-RA
- Extended
- veh-ah-see-RAA
- IPA
- /wəʔaːsiˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will remove
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-si-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-si-RA et-ro-SHO
- clause
e-e-ve-RA-na ve-a-si-RA et-ro-SHO
- sentence
va-yo-MER a-vi-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA el-ha-ME-lekh la-MA ye-kal-LEL ha-KE-lev ha-MET ha-ZE et-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh e-e-ve-RA-na ve-a-si-RA et-ro-SHO
Exegesis
The cohortatives eʿevrah-na {אֶעְבְּרָה־נָּא | ʼeʿăvrâ-nāʼ} and ve-asirah {וְאָסִירָה | wə-ʼāsîrâ} with vav consecutive express polite urgency.
Root and etymology
ʾ-s-r
“to bind, restrain”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:9
Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please allow me to cross over and remove his head.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 16:9, so the Hebrew word וְאָסִ֥ירָה (veasira) 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.16.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.9.W13.S1) and character.