2 Samuel 17:2:52 Sam.17.2.W5TAB

וּרְפֵ֣ה

urefe

and weak

Transliteration
u-re-FE
Extended
oo-reh-FEH
IPA
/uːrəˈfɛː/

Meaning by language

English
and weak

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Result
וּ + רְ + פֵ֣ה
u + re + fe
urefe

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-re-FE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-re-FE ya-DA-yim

  3. clause

    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

  4. 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

A conditional protasis is signaled by the participle yagea {יָגֵ֙עַ֙ | yā-gē-ʻa} ‘weary’ paired with the adjective urefeh {וּרְפֵ֣ה | u-rə-p̄e} ‘faint,’ implying “when he is weary and faint.”

In context2 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 17:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 17:2, so the Hebrew word וּרְפֵ֣ה (urefe) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.2.W5.S1) and character.