2 Samuel 18:22:172 Sam.18.22.W17TAB
רָ֔ץ
rats
“running”
- Transliteration
- RATS
- Extended
- RAATS
- IPA
- /ˈraːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- running
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
RATS
- phraseyour reading level
a-TA RATS
- sentence
va-yo-SEF OD a-khi-hi-MA-ats BEN-tsa-DOK va-yo-MER el-yo-AV vi-YI MA a-ru-TSA-na gam-a-NI a-kha-RE ha-ku-SHI va-yo-MER yo-AV la-MA-ze a-TA RATS be-NI u-le-KHA EN-be-so-RA mo-TSET
Exegesis
Joab’s response opens with the interrogative lāmâh {לָמָּה | lāmâh} followed by the participle rāṣ {רָץ | rāṣ} highlighting ongoing action.
Root and etymology
r-w-ṣ
“to run swiftly”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:22
And Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, added again and said to Joab, “Whatever may happen, please let me also run after the Cushite .” And Joab said to him, “Why are you running, my son? You will have no reward for the news .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:22:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 18:22, so the Hebrew word רָ֔ץ (rats) 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.18.22.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.22.W17.S1) and character.