2 Samuel 18:16:62 Sam.18.16.W6TAB
מִרְדֹ֖ף
mirdof
“from pursuing”
- Transliteration
- mir-DOF
- Extended
- mihr-DOHF
- IPA
- /mirˈdoːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- from pursuing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mir-DOF
- clause
va-yit-KA yo-AV ba-sho-FAR va-ya-SHAV ha-AM mir-DOF a-kha-RE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yit-KA yo-AV ba-sho-FAR va-ya-SHAV ha-AM mir-DOF a-kha-RE yis-ra-EL ki-KHA-sakh yo-AV et-ha-AM
Exegesis
The infinitive meredof {מֵרְדֹּף | mērədōp̄} ‘pursuing’ expresses ongoing action, linked with the preposition acharei {אַחֲרֵי | ʾaḥărê} ‘after’ and the proper name yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrāʼēl} as its object.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:16
Then Joab blew the trumpet , and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 18:16, so the Hebrew word מִרְדֹ֖ף (mirdof) 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.18.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.16.W6.S1) and character.