2 Samuel 18:10:32 Sam.18.10.W3TAB
אֶחָ֔ד
ekhad
“one”
- Transliteration
- e-KHAD
- Extended
- eh-KHAAD
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈħaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
e-KHAD
- phraseyour reading level
ISH e-KHAD
- clause
va-YAR ISH e-KHAD va-yag-GED le-yo-AV
- 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 nominal phrase ish echad {אִישׁ אֶחָד | ʾîš ʾeḥaḏ} ‘a certain man’ underscores the witness’s anonymity.
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 18:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 18:10, so the Hebrew word אֶחָ֔ד (ekhad) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.10.W3.S1) and character.