2 Samuel 17:1:42 Sam.17.1.W4TAB
אֶבְחֲרָ֣ה
evkhara
“let me choose”
- Transliteration
- ev-kha-RA
- Extended
- ehv-khah-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛv.ħaˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- let me choose
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| 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
ev-kha-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ev-kha-RA NA
- 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.
Root and etymology
b-ḥ-rbet–ḥet–resh
“to choose, select”
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 17:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 17:1, so the Hebrew word אֶבְחֲרָ֣ה (evkhara) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.1.W4.S1) and character.