2 Samuel 17:1:102 Sam.17.1.W10TAB
וְאֶרְדְּפָ֥ה
veerdefa
“and I will pursue”
- Transliteration
- ve-er-de-FA
- Extended
- veh-ehr-deh-FAH
- IPA
- /vəʔɛr.dəˈfaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will pursue
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-er-de-FA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-er-de-FA a-kha-REI-da-VID
- clause
ev-kha-RA NA she-NEIM-a-SAHR E-lef ISH ve-a-KU-ma ve-er-de-FA a-kha-REI-da-VID ha-LAI-la
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-khi-TO-fel el-av-sha-LOM ev-kha-RA NA she-NEIM-a-SAHR E-lef ISH ve-a-KU-ma ve-er-de-FA a-kha-REI-da-VID ha-LAI-la
Exegesis
A trio of Qal cohortatives—evcharah {אֶבְחֲרָה | ʼĕḥă-rāh} ‘let me choose’, ve-akumah {וְאָקוּמָה | wə’āqûmāh} ‘let me arise’, ve-erḍefah {וְאֶרְדְּפָה | wə’ērdəp̄āh} ‘let me pursue’—express strategic counsel and urgency, with na {נָא | nāʼ} adding politeness.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:1
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and let me arise and pursue after David tonight .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 17:1, so the Hebrew word וְאֶרְדְּפָ֥ה (veerdefa) 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.17.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.1.W10.S1) and character.