2 Samuel 17:16:142 Sam.17.16.W14TAB
פֶּ֚ן
pen
“lest”
- Transliteration
- PEN
- Extended
- PEHN
- IPA
- /ˈpɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
PEN
- clause
PEN ye-vu-LA la-ME-lekh u-le-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO
- sentence
ve-a-TA shil-KHU me-he-RA ve-ha-GI-du le-da-VID le-MOR al-TA-len ha-LAI-la be-ar-VOt ha-mid-BAR ve-GAM a-VOR ta-a-VOR PEN ye-vu-LA la-ME-lekh u-le-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO
Exegesis
Pen {פֶּן | pen} ‘lest’ governs a result clause with the passive yevulla {יְבֻלַּע | yǝvullāʿ} ‘be swallowed up,’ heightening the sense of danger.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:16
And now send quickly and tell David, saying, “Do not lodge tonight at the wilderness crossings , but cross over at once, lest the king and all the people with him be swallowed up.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 17:16, so the Hebrew word פֶּ֚ן (pen) 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.17.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.16.W14.S1) and character.