2 Samuel 17:1:22 Sam.17.1.W2TAB
אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל
akhitofel
“Ahithophel”
- Transliteration
- a-khi-TO-fel
- Extended
- ah-khih-TOH-fehl
- IPA
- /ʔă.ħiːˈtoː.fɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ahithophel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
a-khi-TO-fel
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer a-khi-TO-fel
- clause
va-YO-mer a-khi-TO-fel el-av-sha-LOM
- 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
The speaker Achitophel {אֲחִיתֹפֶל | ʼăḥīṭōphel} addresses Abshalom via the prepositional phrase el-Avshalom {אֶל־אַבְשָׁלוֹם | ʼel-ăvšālōm}.
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 17:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 17:1, so the Hebrew word אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל (akhitofel) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.1.W2.S1) and character.