2 Samuel 18:14:132 Sam.18.14.W13TAB
עוֹדֶ֥נּוּ
odenu
“while he was still”
- Transliteration
- o-de-NU
- Extended
- oh-deh-NOO
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈdɛn.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- while he was still
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
o-de-NU
- phraseyour reading level
o-de-NU KHAI
- clause
o-de-NU KHAI be-LEV ha-e-LA
- sentence
va-YO-mer yo-AV lo-KHEN o-khi-LA le-fa-NE-kha va-yik-KAKH she-lo-SHA she-va-TIM be-KHA-po va-yit-ka-EM be-LEV av-sha-LOM o-de-NU KHAI be-LEV ha-e-LA
Exegesis
Shevatim {שְׁבָטִים | šĕḇāṭîm} ‘rods’ functions metonymically for javelins, and the adverbial oddennu chai {עוֹדֶנּוּ חַי | ʿôḏennû ḥay} ‘while he was still alive’ emphasizes Absalom’s living state.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:14
And Joab said, “I will not linger like this before you.” Then he took three javelins in his hand and thrust them into Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the heart of the oak tree.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 18:14, so the Hebrew word עוֹדֶ֥נּוּ (odenu) 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.18.14.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.14.W13.S1) and character.