2 Samuel 17:12:132 Sam.17.12.W13TAB
הַטַּ֖ל
hattal
“the dew”
- Transliteration
- hat-TAL
- Extended
- haht-TAL
- IPA
- /hatˈtːal/
Meaning by language
- English
- the dew
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
hat-TAL
- phraseyour reading level
yip-POL hat-TAL
- clause
u-va-NU e-LAV be-a-KHAT be-a-KHAD ham-me-ko-MOT a-SHER nim-TSA SHAM ve-nakh-NU a-LAV ka-a-SHER yip-POL hat-TAL al-ha-a-da-MA
- sentence
u-va-NU e-LAV be-a-KHAT be-a-KHAD ham-me-ko-MOT a-SHER nim-TSA SHAM ve-nakh-NU a-LAV ka-a-SHER yip-POL hat-TAL al-ha-a-da-MA ve-LO-no-TAR BO u-ve-khol-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-i-TO gam-e-KHAD
Exegesis
A poetic simile kaasher yipol hatal alhaadamah {כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יִפֹּ֥ל הַטַּ֖ל עַל־הָאֲדָמָ֑ה | ka-ʼă-šer yi-ppōl ha-ṭal ʿal-hā-ʼă-dā-māh} ‘as when the dew falls upon the ground’ evokes overwhelming force, and the emphatic negative velo notar bo uvechol ha’anashim asherito gamechad {וְלֹֽא־נ֥וֹתַר בּ֛וֹ וּבְכָל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֖וֹ גַּם־אֶחָֽד | wə-lōʼ nō-ṯar bō ʼu-və-khol hā-ʼănā-šîm ʼă-šer-ʼit-tô gam-ʼe-ḥād} ‘and not even one will be left among him or all his men’ uses gam ‘even’ to intensify total destruction. This structure mirrors the Hebrew’s layered clauses and simile to preserve the verse’s escalating tension.
Root and etymology
ṭ-l-lṬet–Lamed–Lamed
“dew, gentle moisture”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:12
And we will come upon him in one of the places where he is found, and we will fall on him like dew falls upon the ground, and there will not be left in him or among all the men who are with him even one .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 17:12, so the Hebrew word הַטַּ֖ל (hattal) 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.17.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.12.W13.S1) and character.