2 Samuel 17:16:22 Sam.17.16.W2TAB
שִׁלְח֣וּ
shilkhu
“send”
- Transliteration
- shil-KHU
- Extended
- shihl-KHOO
- IPA
- /ʃilˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- send
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shil-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
shil-KHU me-he-RA ve-ha-GI-du le-da-VID
- clause
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
- 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
The paired imperatives shilchu {שִׁלְחוּ | šilḥû} ‘send’ and vehaggidu {וְהַגִּידוּ | wəhaggîḏû} ‘tell’ follow in parallel to reinforce immediate action.
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 17:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 17:16, so the Hebrew word שִׁלְח֣וּ (shilkhu) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.16.W2.S1) and character.