2 Samuel 18:33:102 Sam.18.33.W10TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:1
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙
avshalom
“Absalom”
- Transliteration
- av-sha-LOM
- Extended
- ahv-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /bəˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Absalom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
av-sha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
be-NI av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-yir-GAZ ha-ME-lekh va-YA-al al-a-li-YAT ha-sha-AR va-YEV-kekh u-ve-KHO a-MAR be-NI av-sha-LOM be-NI be-NI av-sha-LOM mi-yit-TEN mu-TI a-NI takh-te-KHA av-sha-LOM be-NI be-NI
Exegesis
The lament’s repetition of beni avshalom {בְּנִי אַבְשָׁלוֹם | bə-ni ’Av-sha-lom} ‘my son Absalom’ employs parallelism to heighten anguish.
Root and etymology
sh-l-msh-l-m
“peace, completeness”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:33
And the king was shaken and went up to the upper room over the gate and wept ; and as he was going, he said, “My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you—Absalom, my son, my son!”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:33:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 18:33, so the Hebrew word אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ (avshalom) 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.18.33.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.33.W10.S1) and character.