2 Samuel 18:26:72 Sam.18.26.W7TAB
אֶל־הַשֹּׁעֵ֗ר
elhashoer
“to the gatekeeper”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-sho-ER
- Extended
- ehl-hah-shoh-EER
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haʃ.ʃoːˈʕeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the gatekeeper
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-sho-ER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA ha-tso-FE el-ha-sho-ER
- clause
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
- 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
Root and etymology
aleph-lamed-healeph–lamed–he
“oak, terebinth”
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 18:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 18:26, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַשֹּׁעֵ֗ר (elhashoer) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.26.W7.S1) and character.