2 Samuel 18:33:142 Sam.18.33.W14TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:1
מִֽי־יִתֵּ֥ן
miyitten
“who will give, if only”
- Transliteration
- mi-yit-TEN
- Extended
- mih-yit-TEHN
- IPA
- /ʔav.ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- who will give, if only
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mi-yit-TEN
- phraseyour reading level
mi-yit-TEN mu-TI
- 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
Finally, the idiom miyiten {מִי־יִתֶּן | mi-yit-ten} ‘who would give’ in the phrase miyiten muti ani taḥtekha conveys the conditional sense “If only I could have died in your place,” preserving Hebrew word order and emotional intensity.
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 18:33:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 18:33, so the Hebrew word מִֽי־יִתֵּ֥ן (miyitten) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.33.W14.S1) and character.