2 Samuel 17:27:42 Sam.17.27.W4TAB
מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה
makhanaima
“to Mahanaim”
- Transliteration
- ma-kha-NAI-ma
- Extended
- mah-khah-NAAI-mah
- IPA
- /ma.ħănaːjˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Mahanaim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-kha-NAI-ma
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-VO da-VID ma-kha-NAI-ma
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-VO da-VID ma-kha-NAI-ma ve-sho-VI ven-na-KHASH me-rab-BAT be-NE-a-MON u-ma-KHIR ben-a-mi-EL mil-LO de-VAR u-var-zi-LAI ha-gil-a-DI me-rog-LIM
Exegesis
The proper name Mahanaim {מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה | maḥănāyim} establishes location context.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:27
And it happened when David came to Mahanaim , that Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Makir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim were there.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 17:27, so the Hebrew word מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה (makhanaima) 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.17.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.27.W4.S1) and character.