2 Samuel 17:15:42 Sam.17.15.W4TAB
וְאֶל־אֶבְיָתָר֙
veelevyatar
“and to Abiathar”
- Transliteration
- ve-el-ev-ya-TAR
- Extended
- veh-ehl-ehv-yah-TAAR
- IPA
- /vəʔɛl.ʔɛv.jaːˈtʰaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to Abiathar
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-el-ev-ya-TAR
- phraseyour reading level
el-tsa-DOK ve-el-ev-ya-TAR
- clause
va-yo-MER KHU-shai el-tsa-DOK ve-el-ev-ya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM ka-ZOT ve-kha-ZOT ya-ATS a-khi-TO-fel et-av-sha-LOM ve-ET zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER KHU-shai el-tsa-DOK ve-el-ev-ya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM ka-ZOT ve-kha-ZOT ya-ATS a-khi-TO-fel et-av-sha-LOM ve-ET zik-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-kha-ZOT ve-kha-ZOT ya-ATS-ti a-NI
Exegesis
The prepositional compounds el-tsadok {אֶל־צָדוֹק | ʾel-ṣāḏōq} and ve-el-evyatar {וְאֶל־אֶבְיָתָר | wə-ʾel-ʾĕḇyāṯar} frame the addressees—Zadok and Abiathar the priests—and highlight their advisory roles.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:15
And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests , “Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel to do such and such , but I have advised them to do so and so.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 17:15, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־אֶבְיָתָר֙ (veelevyatar) 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.17.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.15.W4.S1) and character.