2 Samuel 17:7:62 Sam.17.7.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יָעַ֥ץ
asheryaats
“which he gave counsel”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-ya-ATS
- Extended
- ah-shehr-yaa-ATS
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.jaːˈʕats/
Meaning by language
- English
- which he gave counsel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-ya-ATS
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-ya-ATS a-khi-TO-fel
- 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
y-ʿ-ṣyod–ayin–ṣade
“to advise”
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 17:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 17:7, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יָעַ֥ץ (asheryaats) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.7.W6.S1) and character.