2 Samuel 19:10:32 Sam.19.10.W3TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:11
מָשַׁ֣חְנוּ
mashakhnu
“we anointed”
- Transliteration
- ma-SHAKH-nu
- Extended
- maa-SHAKH-noo
- IPA
- /maːˈʃaħ.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we anointed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-SHAKH-nu
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ma-SHAKH-nu a-LE-nu
- clause
ve-av-sha-LOM a-SHER ma-SHAKH-nu a-LE-nu MET bam-mil-kha-MA
- 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 relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} links the perfect verb mashachnu {מָשַׁחְנוּ | mā-šaḥ-nû} to its object, identifying the subject.
Root and etymology
m-sh-ḥmem–shin–chet
“to smear, anoint”
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 19:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 19:10, so the Hebrew word מָשַׁ֣חְנוּ (mashakhnu) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.10.W3.S1) and character.