2 Samuel 18:24:42 Sam.18.24.W4TAB
הַשְּׁעָרִ֑ים
hashearim
“the gates”
- Transliteration
- ha-she-a-RIM
- Extended
- hah-sheh-ah-REEM
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃəʕaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the gates
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-she-a-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ben-she-NEI ha-she-a-RIM
- clause
ve-da-VID yo-SHEV ben-she-NEI ha-she-a-RIM
- sentence
ve-da-VID yo-SHEV ben-she-NEI ha-she-a-RIM va-ye-LEKH ha-tso-FE el-GAG ha-SHA-ar el-ha-kho-ma va-yas-AF et-e-NA-v va-yar-E ve-hin-NE-iSH RATS le-vad-DO
Exegesis
The participle yoshev {יֹשֵׁב | yō-šēḇ} marks David’s durative action, with bein shnei hasha'arim {בֵּין שְׁנֵי הַשְּׁעָרִים | bên šə-nê ha-šə-ʿā-rîm} forming a locative “between the two gates.”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:24
And David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate above the wall. He saw a man running alone.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 18:24, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׁעָרִ֑ים (hashearim) 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.18.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.24.W4.S1) and character.