2 Samuel 17:9:32 Sam.17.9.W3TAB
הֽוּא־נֶחְבָּא֙
hunekhba
“he is hidden”
- Transliteration
- HU-nekh-BA
- Extended
- HOO-nehkh-BAA
- IPA
- /huː.nɛħˈbaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he is hidden
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
HU-nekh-BA
- phraseyour reading level
hin-NE a-TA HU-nekh-BA
- clause
hin-NE a-TA HU-nekh-BA be-a-KHAT ha-pe-kha-TIM O be-a-KHAD ha-me-ko-MOT
- 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
Exegesis
The participle nechba {נֶחְבָּא | neḥbāʼ} ‘hiding’ portrays present, ongoing action. Parallel prepositional phrases “in one of the pits or in one of the places” emphasize the uncertainty of David’s refuge. A sequence of vav consecutive verbs (ve-hayah … ve-shama …
Root and etymology
Rootbet–waw–aleph
“to come, arrive”
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 17:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 17:9, so the Hebrew word הֽוּא־נֶחְבָּא֙ (hunekhba) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.9.W3.S1) and character.