2 Samuel 18:17:52 Sam.18.17.W5TAB
אֶל־הַפַּ֣חַת
elhapakhat
“into the pit”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-PA-khat
- Extended
- ehl-hah-PAH-khaht
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hapˈpa.ħaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the pit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-PA-khat
- phraseyour reading level
el-ha-PA-khat ha-ga-DOL
- 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
aleph-lamed-healeph–lamed–he
“oak, terebinth”
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 18:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 18:17, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַפַּ֣חַת (elhapakhat) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.17.W5.S1) and character.