2 Samuel 17:1:62 Sam.17.1.W6TAB
שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר
sheneimasahr
“twelve”
- Transliteration
- she-NEIM-a-SAHR
- Extended
- sheh-NEEM-ah-SAHR
- IPA
- /ʃəneːm.ʕaːˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- twelve
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-NEIM-a-SAHR
- phraseyour reading level
she-NEIM-a-SAHR E-lef
- 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
The compound numeral shneim-asar elef {שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר אֶלֶף | šnēym-‘āśār ’elep̄} ‘twelve thousand’ preserves Hebrew units-before-thousands order.
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 17:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 17:1, so the Hebrew word שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר (sheneimasahr) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.1.W6.S1) and character.