2 Samuel 18:23:72 Sam.18.23.W7TAB
אֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙
akhimamats
“Ahimaaz”
- Transliteration
- a-khi-MA-mats
- Extended
- ah-khi-MAA-mahts
- IPA
- /ʔăħiːˈmaː.ʕats/
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-MA-mats
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-RATS a-khi-MA-mats
- clause
va-ya-RATS a-khi-MA-mats DE-rekh ha-kik-KAR va-ya-a-VOR et-ha-KU-shi
- 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
The subsequent vav-consecutive imperfect vayyaratz {וַיָּרָץ | wə-yā-ˈrāts} ‘and he ran’ names achimaatz {אֲחִימַעַץ | ă-ḥî-mā-ʿaṣ} ‘Ahimaaz’ as the runner.
Root and etymology
ח־י־יchet-yod-yod
“to live, alive”
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 18:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 18:23, so the Hebrew word אֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙ (akhimamats) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.23.W7.S1) and character.