2 Samuel 18:23:52 Sam.18.23.W5TAB
ר֑וּץ
ruts
“run”
- Transliteration
- RUTS
- Extended
- RUUTS
- IPA
- /ˈruːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- run
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
RUTS
- clause
va-ye-HI-MA a-RUTS va-yo-MER LO RUTS
- sentence
va-ye-HI-MA a-RUTS va-yo-MER LO RUTS va-ya-RATS a-khi-MA-mats DE-rekh ha-kik-KAR va-ya-a-VOR et-ha-KU-shi
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive imperfect introduces the imperative rutz {רוץ | ruts} ‘run!,’ expressing an urgent command.
Root and etymology
r-w-ṣ
“hasten”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:23
And he said, “Whatever may be, I will run.” Then Joab said to him, “Run!” So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and overtook the Cushite .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 18:23, so the Hebrew word ר֑וּץ (ruts) 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.18.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.23.W5.S1) and character.