2 Samuel 18:9:82 Sam.18.9.W8TAB
עַל־הַפֶּ֗רֶד
alhapered
“on the mule”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-PE-red
- Extended
- ahl-hah-PEH-rehd
- IPA
- /ʕal.hapˈpɛrɛd/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the mule
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
al-ha-PE-red
- phraseyour reading level
ro-KHEV al-ha-PE-red
- clause
ve-av-sha-LOM ro-KHEV al-ha-PE-red va-ya-VO ha-PE-red TA-khat SO-vek ha-e-LA hag-do-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK ro-SHO ba-e-LA va-yit-TAN BEN ha-sha-MA-yim u-VEN ha-A-rets ve-ha-PE-red a-sher-TA-khta-v a-VAR
- sentence
va-yik-KA-re av-sha-LOM lif-NE av-DE da-VID ve-av-sha-LOM ro-KHEV al-ha-PE-red va-ya-VO ha-PE-red TA-khat SO-vek ha-e-LA hag-do-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK ro-SHO ba-e-LA va-yit-TAN BEN ha-sha-MA-yim u-VEN ha-A-rets ve-ha-PE-red a-sher-TA-khta-v a-VAR
Root and etymology
פ־ר־ד
“mule, separate”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:9
And it happened that Absalom came before the servants of David, and he was riding on a mule that went under the thick branches of a great oak. His head became caught in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heavens and the earth while the mule that was under him continued on its way.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 18:9, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַפֶּ֗רֶד (alhapered) 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.18.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.9.W8.S1) and character.