2 Samuel 17:25:22 Sam.17.25.W2TAB
שָׂ֧ם
sam
“he set or appointed”
- Transliteration
- SAM
- Extended
- SAAM
- IPA
- /ˈsɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- he set or appointed
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SAM
- phraseyour reading level
SAM av-sha-LOM
- 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 verb sam {שָׂם | śām} “he placed” then introduces Absalom as the agent through an object–verb–subject order emphasizing the appointment.
Root and etymology
shin–yod–mems-y-m
“to place, set, appoint”
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 17:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 17:25, so the Hebrew word שָׂ֧ם (sam) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.25.W2.S1) and character.