2 Samuel 18:10:112 Sam.18.10.W11TAB
בָּאֵלָֽה׃
baela
“in the oak or terebinth”
- Transliteration
- ba-E-la
- Extended
- baa-EH-laa
- IPA
- /baːˈʔeːlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the oak or terebinth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-E-la
- clause
va-yo-MER hi-NE ra-I-TI ET-av-sha-LOM ta-LUI ba-E-la
- sentence
va-YAR ISH e-KHAD va-yag-GED le-yo-AV va-yo-MER hi-NE ra-I-TI ET-av-sha-LOM ta-LUI ba-E-la
Exegesis
The participle taluy {תָּלוּי | tālûy} expresses a state of suspension, and the locative ba-elah {בָּאֵלָה | bā-ʾê-lāh} specifies the oak tree setting.
Root and etymology
aleph-lamed-healeph–lamed–he
“oak, terebinth”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:10
And a certain man saw and told Joab, and he said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in the oak tree .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 18:10, so the Hebrew word בָּאֵלָֽה׃ (baela) 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.18.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.10.W11.S1) and character.