2 Samuel 18:29:82 Sam.18.29.W8TAB
רָאִ֣יתִי
raiti
“I saw”
- Transliteration
- ra-I-ti
- Extended
- raa-EE-tih
- IPA
- /raːˈʔiː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I saw
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Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ra-I-ti
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER a-khi-MA-ats ra-I-ti he-ha-MON ha-ga-DOL
- clause
va-yo-MER a-khi-MA-ats ra-I-ti he-ha-MON ha-ga-DOL li-shlo-AKH ET-E-ved ha-ME-lekh yo-AV ve-ET-av-DE-kha ve-LO ya-DA-ti MA
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh sha-LOM la-NA-ar le-av-sha-LOM va-yo-MER a-khi-MA-ats ra-I-ti he-ha-MON ha-ga-DOL li-shlo-AKH ET-E-ved ha-ME-lekh yo-AV ve-ET-av-DE-kha ve-LO ya-DA-ti MA
Exegesis
Ahimaaz’s report begins with the perfect verb raiti {רָאִיתִי | rāʾītî} “I saw” followed by the noun phrase hamon ha-gadol {הֲמֹון הַגָּדוֹל | hamôn ha-gāḏôl} expressing magnitude.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:29
And the king said, “Is it well with the young man Absalom ?” And Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and me, your servant, I saw a great crowd , but I did not know what it was.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 18:29, so the Hebrew word רָאִ֣יתִי (raiti) 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.18.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.29.W8.S1) and character.