2 Samuel 17:15:82 Sam.17.15.W8TAB
יָעַ֤ץ
yaats
“counseled”
- Transliteration
- ya-ATS
- Extended
- yaa-AHTS
- IPA
- /jaːˈʕats/
Meaning by language
- English
- counseled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-ATS
- phraseyour reading level
ya-ATS a-khi-TO-fel
- 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 verbs yaatz {יָעַץ | yā‘aṣ} and yaatzti {יָעַצְתִּי | yā‘aṣtî} establish parallel advisory actions by Ahithophel and Hushai.
Root and etymology
y-‘-ṣyod–ayin–tsade
“to advise, counsel”
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 17:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 17:15, so the Hebrew word יָעַ֤ץ (yaats) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.15.W8.S1) and character.