2 Samuel 17:2:142 Sam.17.2.W14TAB
לְבַדּֽוֹ׃
levaddo
“by himself or alone”
- Transliteration
- le-vad-DO
- Extended
- leh-vahd-DOH
- IPA
- /ləvadˈdoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- by himself or alone
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-vad-DO
- clause
ve-hi-KE-ti et-ha-ME-lekh le-vad-DO
- sentence
ve-a-VO a-LAV ve-HU ya-GE-a u-re-FE ya-DA-yim ve-ha-kha-rad-TI o-TO ve-NAS KAL-ha-AM a-SHER-i-TO ve-hi-KE-ti et-ha-ME-lekh le-vad-DO
Exegesis
The relative particle asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ’a-šer-} ‘who’ introduces the subordinate clause specifying kol {כָּל | kāl} ‘all’ ha'am {הָעָ֣ם | hā-ʿām} ‘the people,’ and the prepositional phrase levado {לְבַדּֽוֹ | lə-vaḏ-dō} ‘alone’ confines the final action to the king alone.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:2
And I will come upon him when he is weary and weak-handed , and I will startle him , and all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike the king alone.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 17:2, so the Hebrew word לְבַדּֽוֹ׃ (levaddo) 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.17.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.2.W14.S1) and character.