2 Samuel 17:25:122 Sam.17.25.W12TAB
אֲשֶׁר־בָּא֙
asherba
“who came”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-ba
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-baa
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.baː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who came
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-ba
- clause
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
- 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 relative clause ašer-bāʾ el-avigal {אֲשֶׁר־בָּא אֶל־אֲבִיגַל | ʾă-šer-bāʾ ʾel-ʾă-ḇî-ḡal} indicates movement toward Abigail, and consecutive construct phrases bat-nā-ḥāš, ʾă-ḥōṯ, ʾēm yo-ʾāḇ stack familial ties. English shifts to subject–verb–object order but preserves Hebrew emphasis on appointment and genealogy.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–waw–aleph
“to come, arrive”
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 17:25:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 17:25, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־בָּא֙ (asherba) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.25.W12.S1) and character.