2 Samuel 17:25:12 Sam.17.25.W1TAB

וְאֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֗א

veetamasa

“and Amasa {direct object marker + name}”

Transliteration: ve-ET-a-ma-SA
Extended: veh-EET-ah-mah-SAA
IPA: /vəˈʔeːt.ʕămaːˈsaː/

Meaning by language

English: and Amasa {direct object marker + name}

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + אֶת + עֲ + מָ + שָׂ֗א

↓

ve + et + a + ma + sa

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veetamasa

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Tav	t as in top
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Hateph Patach	reduced 'ah'
	Mem	m as in mother
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-ET-a-ma-SA
clause
ve-ET-a-ma-SA SAM av-sha-LOM TA-khat yo-AV al-ha-tsa-VA
sentence
ve-ET-a-ma-SA SAM av-sha-LOM TA-khat yo-AV al-ha-tsa-VA va-a-ma-SA ven-ISH u-she-MO yit-RA ha-yis-re-E-li a-SHER-ba el-a-vi-GAL bat-na-KHASH a-KHOT tse-ru-YA EM yo-AV

Exegesis

The verse begins with the direct-object marker ve’et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet}, which foregrounds Amasa by marking him as the object before the verb.

Root and etymology

ʿayin–mem–samekhʿ-m-s

“to carry a load”

In context — 2 Samuel 17:25

And Absalom appointed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. Amasa was the son of a man named Yithra the Israelite, who came to Abigail , the daughter of Nahash, the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 17:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 17:25, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֗א (veetamasa) 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.17.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.25.W1.S1) and character.

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