2 Samuel 18:30:32 Sam.18.30.W3TAB

סֹ֖ב

sov

turn aside

Transliteration
SOV
Extended
SOHV
IPA
/ˈsoːv/

Meaning by language

English
turn aside

Alphabet Analysis

Samekhs as in sit
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    SOV

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh SOV hit-ya-TSEV KO

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh SOV hit-ya-TSEV KO va-ye-SOV va-ya-a-MOD

Exegesis

The coordinated imperatives sōv {סֹב | sōv} ‘turn aside’ and hiṭyāṣēḇ {הִתְיַצֵּב | hiṭ-yā-ṣēḇ} ‘station yourself’ form a direct command sequence, with the deictic kōh {כֹּה | kōh} ‘here’ specifying location.

Root and etymology

s-v-bsamekh–vav–bet

to turn, encircle

In context2 Samuel 18:30

Then the king said, “Turn aside and stand here.” So he turned aside and stood there .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 18:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 18:30, so the Hebrew word סֹ֖ב (sov) 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.18.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.30.W3.S1) and character.