2 Samuel 18:22:92 Sam.18.22.W9TAB
אָרֻ֥צָה־נָּא
arutsana
“let me run, please”
- Transliteration
- a-ru-TSA-na
- Extended
- aa-ruh-TSAH-naa
- IPA
- /ʔaː.ruˈtṣaːn.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- let me run, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
a-ru-TSA-na
- phraseyour reading level
a-ru-TSA-na gam-a-NI
- 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
The cohortative ʾerṣâh-nāʾ {אֶרְצָה־נָא | ʾerṣâ-nāʾ} expresses polite entreaty.
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 18:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 18:22, so the Hebrew word אָרֻ֥צָה־נָּא (arutsana) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.22.W9.S1) and character.