2 Samuel 17:7:32 Sam.17.7.W3TAB
אֶל־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם
elavshalom
“to Absalom”
- Transliteration
- el-av-sha-LOM
- Extended
- ehl-av-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔav.ʃaːˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Absalom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-av-sha-LOM
- clause
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM lo-to-VA ha-e-TSA a-sher-ya-ATS a-khi-TO-fel bap-PA-am ha-ZOT
Exegesis
The proper noun kushai {חוּשַׁ֖י | ḥû-šāy} is the speaker, followed by the prepositional phrase el-avshalom {אֶל־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם | ʾel-ʾav-šā-lôm} ‘to Absalom,’ defining the addressee.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ם
“peace, completeness”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:7
And Hushai said to Absalom, “The advice Ahithophel has offered on this occasion is not good.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 17:7, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם (elavshalom) 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.17.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.7.W3.S1) and character.