2 Samuel 18:26:152 Sam.18.26.W15TAB
מְבַשֵּֽׂר׃
mevase
“bringing news, a messenger”
- Transliteration
- me-va-SE
- Extended
- meh-vah-SEER
- IPA
- /məvasːeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- bringing news, a messenger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-va-SE
- clause
gam-ZE me-va-SE
- sentence
va-YAR-e ha-tso-FE ISH-a-KHER RATS va-yik-RA ha-tso-FE el-ha-sho-ER va-yo-MER hi-NE-ISH RATS le-vad-DO va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh gam-ZE me-va-SE
Exegesis
Finally, the terse clause gam-zeh mevaser {גַּם־זֶה מְבַשֵּׂר | gam-zēh mevaššēr} is rendered as a royal evaluation and presented predictively in English to preserve momentum.
Root and etymology
b-š-rbet–shin–resh
“to announce”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:26
The watchman saw another man running, and he called to the gate and said, “Look! A man is running alone.” Then the king said, “This one too is bringing news.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:26:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 18:26, so the Hebrew word מְבַשֵּֽׂר׃ (mevase) 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.18.26.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.26.W15.S1) and character.