2 Samuel 18:22:32 Sam.18.22.W3TAB
אֲחִימַ֤עַץ
akhihimaats
“Ahimaaz”
- Transliteration
- a-khi-hi-MA-ats
- Extended
- ah-khih-hee-MA-ahats
- IPA
- /ʔă.ħiːˈmaʕ.ats/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ahimaaz
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-khi-hi-MA-ats
- phraseyour reading level
a-khi-hi-MA-ats BEN-tsa-DOK
- 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
Root and etymology
ח־י־יchet-yod-yod
“to live, alive”
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 18:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 18:22, so the Hebrew word אֲחִימַ֤עַץ (akhihimaats) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.22.W3.S1) and character.