2 Samuel 17:7:52 Sam.17.7.W5TAB
הָעֵצָ֛ה
haetsa
“the counsel”
- Transliteration
- ha-e-TSA
- Extended
- haa-eh-TSAH
- IPA
- /haː.ʕeːˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the counsel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-e-TSA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-to-VA ha-e-TSA
- clause
lo-to-VA ha-e-TSA a-sher-ya-ATS a-khi-TO-fel bap-PA-am ha-ZOT
- 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 noun ha-etsah {הָעֵצָ֛ה | hā-ʿê-ṣāh} ‘the advice’ is the thematic focus, specified by the relative clause asher-yaatz {אֲשֶׁר־יָעַ֥ץ | ʾa-šer-yā-ʿaẓ} ‘which he advised.’
Root and etymology
ʿ-ṣ-hayin–ṣade–he
“counsel, plan”
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 17:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 17:7, so the Hebrew word הָעֵצָ֛ה (haetsa) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.7.W5.S1) and character.