2 Samuel 17:25:72 Sam.17.25.W7TAB
וַעֲמָשָׂ֣א
vaamasa
“and Amasa”
- Transliteration
- va-a-ma-SA
- Extended
- vah-ah-mah-SAA
- IPA
- /vaʕămaːˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Amasa
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-ma-SA
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-ma-SA ven-ISH
- 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
A chained apposition wa’amasa ben-ish u-shmo {וַעֲמָשָׂא בֶן־אִישׁ וּשְׁמוֹ | wa-ʿă-mā-śāʾ ben-ʾîš u-šə-mōʾ} establishes his lineage, followed by yiṯ-rāʾ ha-yiśrəʾēlî {יִתְרָא הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִי | yiṯ-rāʾ ha-yiś-rə-ʾē-lî} identifying national status.
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 17:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 17:25, so the Hebrew word וַעֲמָשָׂ֣א (vaamasa) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.25.W7.S1) and character.