2 Samuel 19:10:102 Sam.19.10.W10TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:11
מַחֲרִשִׁ֣ים
makharishim
“are keeping silent”
- Transliteration
- ma-kha-ri-SHIM
- Extended
- mah-khah-ri-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ma.ħă.riˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- are keeping silent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-kha-ri-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
ma-kha-ri-SHIM le-ha-SHIV ET-ham-ME-lekh
- clause
ve-a-TA LAM-ma a-TEM ma-kha-ri-SHIM le-ha-SHIV ET-ham-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-av-sha-LOM a-SHER ma-SHAKH-nu a-LE-nu MET bam-mil-kha-MA ve-a-TA LAM-ma a-TEM ma-kha-ri-SHIM le-ha-SHIV ET-ham-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The conjunction in ve-atah {וְעַתָּה | wə-ʿa-ttāh} and the interrogative lamah {לָמָּה | lā-māh} introduce a rhetorical question, foregrounding the Piel participle macharishim {מַחֲרִשִׁים | ma-ḥa-ri-šîm} for intentional silence.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-šchet–resh–shin
“to be silent”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:10
And Absalom , whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle, and now why are you silent about bringing back the king ?
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 19:10, so the Hebrew word מַחֲרִשִׁ֣ים (makharishim) 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.19.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.10.W10.S1) and character.