2 Samuel 17:13:12 Sam.17.13.W1TAB
וְאִם־אֶל־עִיר֙
veimeelir
“and if to a city”
- Transliteration
- ve-im-e-el-IR
- Extended
- veh-ihm-eh-ehl-EER
- IPA
- /vəˈʔim.ʔɛl.ˈʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if to a city
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-im-e-el-IR
- clause
ve-im-e-el-IR ye-a-SEF ve-his-SI-u khol-yis-ra-EL el-ha-IR ha-HI kha-va-LIM
- sentence
ve-im-e-el-IR ye-a-SEF ve-his-SI-u khol-yis-ra-EL el-ha-IR ha-HI kha-va-LIM ve-sa-KHAV-nu o-TO ad-ha-NA-khal AD a-she-re-lo-nim-TSA SHAM gam-tse-ROR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conditional conjunction ve’im {וְאִם | wə-ʾim} ‘and if’, which establishes a hypothetical premise.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:13
And if he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the stream until not even a pebble is found there.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 17:13, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־אֶל־עִיר֙ (veimeelir) 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.17.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.13.W1.S1) and character.