2 Samuel 17:14:92 Sam.17.14.W9TAB
מֵעֲצַ֖ת
meatsat
“than counsel of”
- Transliteration
- me-a-TSAT
- Extended
- mee-ah-TSAT
- IPA
- /meː.ʕăˈtsat/
Meaning by language
- English
- than counsel of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
me-a-TSAT
- clause
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM ve-KHOL-ISH yis-ra-EL to-VA a-TSAT khu-SHAI ha-ar-KI me-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM ve-KHOL-ISH yis-ra-EL to-VA a-TSAT khu-SHAI ha-ar-KI me-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel va-ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA le-ha-FER et-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel hat-to-VA le-va-a-VUR ha-VI ye-ho-VAH el-av-sha-LOM et-ha-ra-A
Exegesis
The comparative mei-ʿăṣaṯ {מֵעֲצַת | mēʿăṣaṯ} ‘than the counsel’ marks an evaluative comparison between two advisors.
Root and etymology
ע־צ־ה
“to advise”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:14
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” The LORD commanded the frustration of Ahithophel’s good counsel in order to bring disaster upon Absalom.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 17:14, so the Hebrew word מֵעֲצַ֖ת (meatsat) 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.17.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.14.W9.S1) and character.