2 Samuel 18:17:132 Sam.18.17.W13TAB
נָס֖וּ
nasu
“fled”
- Transliteration
- na-SU
- Extended
- naa-SOO
- IPA
- /naːˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- fled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-SU
- clause
ve-khol-yis-ra-EL na-SU ISH le-o-ha-LAV
- sentence
va-yik-KHU et-AV-sha-LOM va-yash-li-KHU-hu ba-YA-ar el-ha-PA-khat ha-ga-DOL va-yat-si-VU a-LAV gal-a-va-NIM ga-DOL me-OD ve-khol-yis-ra-EL na-SU ISH le-o-ha-LAV
Exegesis
The passage concludes with the distributive vechol-Yisrael nasu ish le’ohalav {וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל נָסוּ אִישׁ לְאֹהָלָיו | wə·ḵāl yi·srā·ʾēl nā·sû ʾîš lə·ʾō·hā·lāw} “and all Israel fled, each man to his tent,” where the cumulative subjects underscore the complete withdrawal. The English maintains the chronological and spatial ordering of the Hebrew actions and highlights the collective nature of the flight.
Root and etymology
n-s-snun–samekh–samekh
“to flee”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom and threw him into the great pit in the forest, and they set up over him a very large heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, each man to his tent .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 18:17, so the Hebrew word נָס֖וּ (nasu) 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.18.17.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.17.W13.S1) and character.