2 Samuel 18:17:42 Sam.18.17.W4TAB
בַּיַּ֔עַר
bayaar
“in the forest”
- Transliteration
- ba-YA-ar
- Extended
- bah-YA-ahr
- IPA
- /bajˈja.ʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the forest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-YA-ar
- clause
va-yik-KHU et-AV-sha-LOM va-yash-li-KHU-hu ba-YA-ar el-ha-PA-khat ha-ga-DOL
- 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 locative phrase bayaar {בַּיַּעַר | ba·yə·ʿar} “in the forest” precedes the directional el hapachat {אֶל־הַפַּחַת | ʾel ha·pā·ḥat} “into the pit,” marking motion.
Root and etymology
y-ayin-reshyod–ayin–resh
“forest”
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 18:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 18:17, so the Hebrew word בַּיַּ֔עַר (bayaar) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.17.W4.S1) and character.