2 Samuel 17:9:212 Sam.17.9.W21TAB
אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃
avshalom
“Absalom”
- Transliteration
- av-sha-LOM
- Extended
- av-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʔavʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Absalom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
av-sha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
a-kha-RE av-sha-LOM
- clause
ve-ha-YA kin-FOL ba-HEM ba-te-khi-LA ve-sha-MA ha-sho-ME-a ve-a-MAR ha-ye-TA ma-ge-FA ba-AM a-SHER a-kha-RE av-sha-LOM
- sentence
hin-NE a-TA HU-nekh-BA be-a-KHAT ha-pe-kha-TIM O be-a-KHAD ha-me-ko-MOT ve-ha-YA kin-FOL ba-HEM ba-te-khi-LA ve-sha-MA ha-sho-ME-a ve-a-MAR ha-ye-TA ma-ge-FA ba-AM a-SHER a-kha-RE av-sha-LOM
In context — 2 Samuel 17:9
Behold, now he is hiding in one of the pits or in one of the places, and it will be, when some of them fall at the beginning, that whoever hears will say, “A slaughter has occurred among the people who follow Absalom.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:9:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 2 Samuel 17:9, so the Hebrew word אַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃ (avshalom) 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.17.9.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.9.W21.S1) and character.