2 Samuel 18:14:82 Sam.18.14.W8TAB
שְׁבָטִ֗ים
shevatim
“rods or staffs”
- Transliteration
- she-va-TIM
- Extended
- sheh-vaa-TEEM
- IPA
- /ʃəvaːˈtˤiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- rods or staffs
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-va-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
she-lo-SHA she-va-TIM
- clause
va-yik-KAKH she-lo-SHA she-va-TIM be-KHA-po va-yit-ka-EM be-LEV av-sha-LOM
- 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.
Root and etymology
ש־ב־טshin-bet-tav
“rod, staff”
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 18:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 18:14, so the Hebrew word שְׁבָטִ֗ים (shevatim) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.14.W8.S1) and character.