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

Result
מְ + בַ + שֵּֽׂר׃
me + va + se
mevase

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-va-SE

  2. clause

    gam-ZE me-va-SE

  3. 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 context2 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.